 For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings...  The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 30by Francis Bacon - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 218 pages
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby: but...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding, certain it is, that if those school -men to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 356 pages
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding, certain it is, that if those school -men to... | |
 | 1821
...mind of man, if it work upon the matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of texture, but of little substance or profit. So that the fable ami fiction of Scylla seemeth to be a... | |
 | 1821
...mind of man, if it work upon the matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby: but...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of texture, but of little substance or profit. So that the fable and fiction of Scylla seemeth to be a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 356 pages
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, wprketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but...endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admitable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further... | |
 | 1821
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
 | 1821
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
 | 1821
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
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