 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1834 - 480 oldal
...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, "...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 - 364 oldal
...happiness." much corrupt manners as those that are half good and half evil.* PHILOSOPHISING AND THEORISING. THE wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of * Coleridge, in his Aids to Reflection, says, " Where virtue is, sensibility is the ornament and becoming... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1835 - 380 oldal
...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, which...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." — Lord Bacon — Proficiency and Advancement... | |
 | William Gray - 1835 - 122 oldal
...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, which...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no " the fleshly-minded .hypocrites had lost thejr juggling terms,... | |
 | William Gray - 1835 - 124 oldal
...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, which...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... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 oldal
...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,...forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' Another error, he says, is an impatience... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1835 - 392 oldal
...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, which...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 - 1068 oldal
...agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For their VOL. IX. No. 26. 51 indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 oldal
...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, which...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 oldal
...The French naturalists, Buflbn and others, borrowed it from the sentimental novelists: the Swedish God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. and Emglish philosophers took the contagion:... | |
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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... 
