 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 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 is the contemplation of the creatures of God, i worketh according to the stuff, and is limited I thereby ; bat if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 278 pages
...mankind, are but a kind of insanity, only there is no one to stand by and observe it.—NOVUM ORGANON. The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.—ADVANCEMENT OP LEARNING. When you assemble... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 282 pages
...mankind, are but a kind of insanity, only there is no one to stand by and observe it. — NOVDM ORGANON. The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. — ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. When you assemble... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1170 pages
...mind of man if it work upon matter" — (tiie matter of the theologian being the Scriptures) — " worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as ihe spider worketh his web, then it is •jndless and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 862 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...itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is 1 In the translation he mentions another vanity of style, though not of so bad a kind, as commonly... | |
 | John Rutherfurd Russell - 1861 - 546 pages
...to speculation as a guide, he became weak as other men. " For," again to use the words of Bacon, " the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the 1 Of the Proficience and Advance- 1833. T. 171 ment of Learning. By Francis, Lord '•' Adams' Hippoc.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 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...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1864 - 406 pages
...his Sabhath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit;" or (Advance, of Learning, B. £.), " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ;" or as it is written in our authorized version of the Scriptures (1 Tim. iv. 4), " Every creature... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 pages
...Creatures' And Bacon says (Adv. of Learning, i. 4 § 4) ; The wit and minde of man, if it work vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby. Credence, sb. This word, which was formerly in as common use as 'credit,'... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 586 pages
...Creatures.' And Bacon says (Adv. of Learning, 1. 4 § 4) ; The wit and minde of man, if it work vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby. Credence, sb. This word, which was formerly in as common use as 'credit,'... | |
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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... 
