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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... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 30
by Francis Bacon - 1826
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - 1857 - 856 pages
...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...itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is 1 In the translation he mentions another vanity of style, tnough not of so bad a kind, as commonly...
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Lives of lord Lyndhurst and lord Brougham, Volume 1

John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 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 no substance or profit." k He paid due homage to the gigantic intellect of the " Dictator ; " but he ridiculed the unfruitfulness...
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The Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...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...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...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...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...itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endtess, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of Earning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work,...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1859 - 494 pages
...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...itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endiess, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work,...
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The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how ...

John Scott - 1860 - 282 pages
...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...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. — ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint...
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The Lost Principle: Or, The Sectional Equilibrium: how it was Created--how ...

John Scott - 1860 - 278 pages
...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...fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.—ADVANCEMENT OP LEARNING. When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 39

1860 - 514 pages
...the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, there it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of...fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or prnfit.' ' But still grinder is the following, which, though in some degree anticipated in certain...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 18

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1176 pages
...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...
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The History and heroes of the art of medicine

John Rutherfurd Russell - 1861 - 646 pages
...Francis, Lord 3 Adams' Hippoc. p. 232. Verulam. Edited by B. Montague, Esq. creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but...fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit."1 The test of true induction is experience ; any proposition concerning matter, which will...
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