 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...subsequently dwelt upon with sharp criticism, referring to his masters and fellows as — " Men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle, their dictator. And, knowing... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 pages
...The schoolmen : who having sharp and I sttong_wjts,-aruL abundance of leisure, and small variety ' , but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few...authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator) as their perons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and coland knowing little history, either of nature... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1886 - 472 pages
...curious that need not — be known unto us.' ' Their wits,' to come back to the words of Lord Bacon, ' being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly...and knowing little history either of nature or time, they did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit spin out to us those laborious... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1886 - 378 pages
...language, " amid men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors,...up in the cells of monasteries and colleges ; and who, knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1886 - 376 pages
...persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges ; and who, knowing little history, cither of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit."... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 pages
...he subsequently dwelt upon with sharp criticism, referring to his masters and fellows as— " Men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle, their dictator. And, knowing... | |
 | 1889 - 610 pages
...quality.' And he adds that degenerate learning prevailed among the schoolmen just because, having ' sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure and small variety of reading, their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle, their dictator), as their... | |
 | George Burton Adams - 1910 - 476 pages
...He says : " This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign among the schoolmen, who — having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and...Aristotle their dictator), as their persons were shut np in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time—... | |
 | Frank Wilson Blackmar - 1896 - 394 pages
...as follows: " This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign among the schoolmen, who — having sharp and strong wits and abundance of leisure and...shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and having little history, either of nature or of time — did, out of no great quantity of matter and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1898 - 170 pages
...goodness of quality. This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the schoolmen : who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and...persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and 10 colleges,) and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of... | |
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This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the Schoolmen : who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator... 
