 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 30by Francis Bacon - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 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... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...cells of a few authors, 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." There are two methods of philosophizing in general, that of the materialists and spiritualists, to... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 312 pages
...cells of a few authors, 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." There are two methods of philosophizing in general, that of the materialists and spiritualists, to... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 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 no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pages
...man, if it work upon matter, whipb.ia. the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh.according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts; either in the subject itself that... | |
 | John Gibson Cazenove - 1869 - 216 pages
...time, did, out of no great quan" tity of matter and infinite agitation of wit, spin out " laborious cobwebs of learning, admirable for the " fineness...thread and work, but of no substance " or profit." * In this, as in other matters, some change was imperatively needed. It came. It came, as often happens,... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1870 - 700 pages
...of man, if it work upon matter ' which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, II 2 ' worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby ; '...thread and work, ' but of no substance or profit. Heraclitus gave a just ' censure, saying " Men sought truth in their own little ' " worlds, and not... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1870 - 272 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.' And a little farther on, in speaking of those who neglect the contemplation of nature and unduly reverence... | |
 | Virginia - 1873 - 614 pages
...said Lord Bacon, "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." But this criticism from the father of modern science is only deserved, if applied to the exclusive... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 848 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...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread and work, but of no substance or profit."1... | |
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