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... A Discourse of the Baconian Philosophy - Pagina 84door Samuel Tyler - 1844 - 178 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pagina’s
...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...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity... | |
| 1821 - 408 pagina’s
...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...forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of texture, but of little substance or profit. So that the fable ami fiction of Scylla seemeth... | |
| 1821 - 404 pagina’s
...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...forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of texture, but of little substance or profit. So that the fable and fiction of Scylla seemeth... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pagina’s
...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...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — "... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pagina’s
...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...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — "... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pagina’s
...contemplation of the creatures of God, wprketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then...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 pagina’s
...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 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 pagina’s
...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 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 pagina’s
...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 worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
| 1821 - 400 pagina’s
...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 worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of their texture, but of no... | |
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