 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Pàgina 49per George Lillie Craik - 1846Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Lillie Craik - 1869 - 374 pàgines
...his Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his spirit;" or (Advance, of Learning, B. ?'.), " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, work-, eth according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; " or as it is written in our authorized... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pàgines
...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 work upon matter, whipb.ia. the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh.according to the stuff and is limited... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1870 - 272 pàgines
...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 work upon matter,...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... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1870 - 700 pàgines
...wide circumference of its interests. ' Vera sum,' is its language, ' nihil verum a me alienum putc. 'The wit and mind 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 ; ' but if it work upon itself, as the... | |
 | Virginia - 1873 - 614 pàgines
...furnish an occasion, but of which they are not the cause. "The wit and mind of man," said Lord Bacon, "if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pàgines
...last was the light of reason, and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby.—Adv. of Learning, Bk. I. Works, I IT. 285. ESSAY Vni. p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc.: Lat.... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 838 pàgines
...than dreams ; such labours but the weaving of a fanciful garment wherewith to cover our ignorance. " For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...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... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pàgines
...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 work upon matter,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pàgines
...matter and infinite agitation of wit spin out^untb us those laborious webs of are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pàgines
...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 work upon matter,...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... | |
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