 ... their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle their dictator, as their persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges,) and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of...  The Advancement of Learning - Page 30by Francis Bacon - 1885 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1720 - 576 pages
...no great Quantity of Matter, but infinite Agitation of Wit and Spirit, fpin out unto us thofc moft laborious Webs of Learning, which are extant in their Books. For the Mind of Man, (if it work upon Matter, by contemplating the Nature of Things, and the Works of God )... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...of nature and times ; they, with infinite agitation of wit, spun out of a small quantity of matter, those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the human mind, ;f it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things, and the works of God, operates... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning,...which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, wprketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 pages
...time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us (hose laborious webs of learning which are extant in their...books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon itself, brings forth, indeed, cob-- webs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work,... | |
 | 1821 - 398 pages
...measure with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, it worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself as the spider... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. , 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, it worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself as the spider... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...measure with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, it worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself as the spider... | |
 | 1821 - 400 pages
...measure with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, it worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself as the spider... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient (n) See note B. at the end, p. [iv.] ' (o) The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...work upon itself, ' as the spider worketh his web, ihcn it is endless, and brings ' forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of •... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...My Lord Bacon, in one of his essays, has admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studiesr " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; if it work upon itself, as the spider * See A.Chalmers's Biograph. worketh hi.s web, then it is endless,... | |
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