 ... 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
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 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 542 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, if it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things, and the works of God, operates... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1901 - 606 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 h\iman mind, if it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things, and the works of God, operates... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1902 - 440 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, if it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things, and the works of God, operates... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 pages
...history, either of nature or time — did, out of no great 25 quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited 30 thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider^ worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings... | |
 | George Worley - 1904 - 294 pages
...of nature and times ; they, with infinite agitation and wit, spun out of a small quantity of matter those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the human mind, if it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things and the works of God, operates... | |
 | John Edwin Sandys - 1908 - 550 pages
...either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit, open out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their book/'1. Of their dependence on Aristotle he adds: — 'As water will not ascend higher than the level... | |
 | William James Heaton - 1910 - 314 pages
...of their monasteries ; 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, if it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things and the works of God, operates... | |
 | William James Heaton - 1910 - 328 pages
...their monasteries ; they, with infinite agitation of wit, spun out of a small quantity of matter, thosu laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the human mind, if it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things and the works of God, operates... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1912 - 302 pages
...history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wits spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning...but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh her web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness... | |
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