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" 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 forth... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England - Page ix
by Francis Bacon - 1825
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 510 pages
...cells of monasteries and colleges, and who, knowing little history cither of nature or time, did spin cobwebs of learning admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." * He paid due homage to the gigantic intellect of the Dictator; but he ridiculed the unfruitfulness...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 504 pages
...cells of monasteries and colleges, and who, knowing little history either of nature or time, did spin cobwebs of learning admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit."* He paid due homage to the gigantic intellect of the Dictator; but he ridiculed the unfruitfulness of...
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 236 pages
...agitation of wit spin out uuto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books.» For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 5. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that...
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The British Journal of Homoeopathy, Volume 10

1852 - 718 pages
...imagine they explained the phenomena) as falling under the rebuke of Lord Bacon, when he says : " The art and mind of man if it work upon matter which is the...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." — (Advancement of Learning, p. 41.) It is no part of our design to enter into a disquisition as to...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider 170 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 171 worketh his web, then it is endless and brings forth ] indeed cobwebs...
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Tracts on Homoeopathy, Issues 1-12

William Sharp - 1853 - 288 pages
...dreams ; such labours but the weavmg of a fanciful garment wherewith to cover our ignorance. " For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread, and work, but of no substance or profit."*...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For I J K workcth according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider...
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The Miscellaneous Works, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 pages
...and mind of man, if it wort upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worked! according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but...if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his wet., then it is end. less and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for L. cf .l,r«n.!...
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Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews, Volume 1

Albert Barnes - 1855 - 384 pages
...agitation of wit, spin out into those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the thread and work, but of no substance and profit."—Advancement of Learning,, vol. ii. p. 428. Yet,...
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Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews, Volume 1

Albert Barnes - 1855 - 376 pages
...agitation of wit, spin out into those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures yof God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the...
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