 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...agitation of wit, spin out unto us those lahorious wehs of learning which are extant in their hooks. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited therehy ; hut if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his weh, then it is endless, and hrings... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...terms. ". Strictness of positions. 3. Contentious learning reigned chiefly amongst the schoolmen 170 The wit and mind of man, if it 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,... | |
 | 1849 - 858 pages
...wit and mind of man" — we again quote the words of Lord Bacon, " if it work upon nature, which 4s the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh...is limited thereby — but if it work upon itself, then it is endless, and by all its labours bringeth forth nothing of substance or profit." And, least... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 212 pages
...mingled with its pure demonstrations. And with how much force does the language of Bacon apply here — " For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless." I think it clear that every thing which can come within the reach of geometry, must have extension;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1851 - 376 pages
...time, did, out of no great quantity o'f matter, and infmite agitation of Wit, fpin out unto us thofe laborious Webs of Learning, which are extant in their...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 - 1852 - 580 pages
...nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant...thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider 170 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 171 worketh his web, then it is endless and brings forth ] indeed cobwebs... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto Bacon workcth according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 pages
...nature or time, rlid out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite 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 wort upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worked! according to the stuff,... | |
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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 its web, then it is endless, and brings... 
