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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... "
Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ... - Page 115
by Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 pages
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The New Englander, Volume 18

1860 - 1172 pages
...the theologian being the Scriptures) — " worketh according to the stuff, and is limited therebj; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread anc1 work, but of no...
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A Discourse of the Baconian Philosophy

Samuel Tyler - 1844 - 214 pages
...concealed love feeds on the cheek, is a fact in fancy. So in Bacon, — "But if it (the rniud of man) work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then...forth indeed cobwebs of learning admirable for the firmness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." That the spider makes a web is a fact...
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The American Biblical Repository, Volume 9

1837 - 548 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, and is limited thereby ; but if it w6rk upon itself as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth VOL. IX. No. 26....
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So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby, as Relates to Her Domestic History ...

Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...PHILOSOPHIZING AND THEORIZING. 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. LOGICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PARTS OF MIND. THE logical part of men's minds is often good ; but the matheiervice...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 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,...if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his weh, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 3

Half hours - 1847 - 580 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,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they...
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The Book of Symbols: A Series of Seventy-five Short Essays on Morals ...

Robert Mushet - 1847 - 524 pages
...discoverable in this very simplicity. It is the systems and theories of men which arc complex and intricate, " admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit," as says Lord Bacon ; it is the fine-spun web of human speculation, which entangles truth in its meshes...
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Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 548 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 * We owe this and the most authentic anecdotes respecting his early years to Rawley. " (He autem tanta...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creature* of God, worketh according to the stujf, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 4. Unprofitable curiosity is of two sorts 171 1. Fruitless speculation. 2. Erroneous modes of investigation....
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing * " To him there is nothing worth pursuit but that which he can handle, — which he can measure...
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