 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 49by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...immediate observation of the senses, — of the eye, of the touch.* He says, " If the 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 if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborjous webs of learning, which are extant in their books. erdashers of small \EarfiS, it is not amiss to set forth their shop. thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless and brings... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 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,...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... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 214 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,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1851 - 376 pages
...agitation of Wit, fpin out unto us thofe laborious Webs of Learning, which are extant in their Books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...of the creatures of GOD, worketh according to the ftuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itfelf, as the Spider worketh his web, then it... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 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,...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | William Sharp - 1853 - 286 pages
...than 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,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 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, workcth according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 384 pages
...infinite 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,...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... | |
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