 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...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ... - Page 115by Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...p. [iv.J ' (o) 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,...work upon itself, ' as the spider worketh his web, ihen it is endless, and brings ' forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of '... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pages
...church. •)• " 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,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." Bacon,s Adv. of Learning. • Present Participle and its relation to Verbals in ing; nor to subtile... | |
 | 1832 - 698 pages
...upon matter, which a the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the staff, and ii limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, th« it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for ike lhre*i and work,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...the schoolmen 38 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,...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the jineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. (b) See note (B) at the end. 4. Unprofitable... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1834 - 480 pages
...their books. " 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,...endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admi" rable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance " or profit."—Lord Bacon—Proficiency... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...frivolity, rouged like a harlot, and with the harlot's wanton leer. I know not how the annals of guilt could God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited...thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider be better forced into the service of virtue, than by such a comment on the present paragraph, as would... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 pages
...either 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." (a) (a) See the Advancement of Learning, under Contentious Learning. See Gibbon's Memoirs. See vol.... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1835 - 392 pages
...work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuft', and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." — Lord Bacon — Proficiency and Advancement of Learning. "The schoolmen's waste of ingenuity and... | |
 | William Gray - 1835 - 124 pages
...their books. 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,...it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, ihen it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 pages
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the thout going into the question of diversities of doctrine,...France ? It cannot be denied that it is. I ask then VOL. IX. No. 26. 51 indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but... | |
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