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 - الصفحة 2901821عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 538
...Contentious learning reigned chiefly amongst the schoolmen 38 The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the jineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. (b) See note (B) at the end. 4. Unprofitable... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 480
...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...endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admi" rable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance " or profit."—Lord Bacon—Proficiency... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...frivolity, rouged like a harlot, and with the harlot's wanton leer. I know not how the annals of guilt could God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited...thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider be better forced into the service of virtue, than by such a comment on the present paragraph, as would... | |
| William Gray - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 120
...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 " the fleshly-minded hypocrites had lost their juggling terms, wherewith... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...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." — Lord Bacon — Proficiency and Advancement of... | |
| Thomas Martin - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...LIFE AND WORKS. 115 mind of man,' he adds, ' if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' Another error, he says, is an impatience of doubt,... | |
| William Gray - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 124
...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...it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, ihen it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...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 of God, worketh according to the stuft', and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it... | |
| 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 1068
...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...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth VOL. IX. No. 26. 51 indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 898
...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 subtility or curiosity is of... | |
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