 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 forth...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Pagina 341847Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Scott - 1860 - 282 pagina’s
...insanity, only there is no one to stand by and observe it. — NOVDM ORGANON. The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. — ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. When you assemble a number... | |
 | 1860 - 514 pagina’s
...us those 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...it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, there it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1176 pagina’s
...mind of man if it work upon matter" — (tiie matter of the theologian being the Scriptures) — " worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as ihe spider worketh his web, then it is •jndless and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable... | |
 | John Rutherfurd Russell - 1861 - 546 pagina’s
...ment of Learning. By Francis, Lord '•' Adams' Hippoc. p. 232. Verulam. Edited by B. Montague, Esq. 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."1 The test of true induction is experience ; any proposition... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 862 pagina’s
...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, which is the contemplation...itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is 1 In the translation he mentions another vanity of style, though not of so bad a kind, as commonly... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 pagina’s
...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, which is the contemplation...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1864 - 406 pagina’s
...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...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ;" or as it is written in our authorized version of the Scriptures (1 Tim. iv. 4), " Every creature... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 588 pagina’s
...Creatures' And Bacon says (Adv. of Learning, i. 4 § 4) ; The wit and minde of man, if it work vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby. Credence, sb. This word, which was formerly in as common use as 'credit,'... | |
 | Jonathan Eastwood - 1866 - 586 pagina’s
...Creatures.' And Bacon says (Adv. of Learning, 1. 4 § 4) ; The wit and minde of man, if it work vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby. Credence, sb. This word, which was formerly in as common use as 'credit,'... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pagina’s
...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, which is the contemplation...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... | |
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