 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 Retrospective Review - Pàgina 2941821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pàgines
...laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
 | 1821 - 408 pàgines
...putrify and dissolve into a number of subtle, idle, unwholesome, and, as I may term them, vermiculate questions; when, as amongst the schoolmen, men out...but of little substance or profit. So that the fable ami fiction of Scylla seemeth to be a lively image of this kind of philosophy or knowledge, which was... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pàgines
...laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pàgines
...laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pàgines
...and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, wprketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but...endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admitable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pàgines
...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 forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pàgines
...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 forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
 | 1821 - 398 pàgines
...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 forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pàgines
...laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pàgines
...laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance OT profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of... | |
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