 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 oldal
...so much corrupt manners as those that are half good and half evil." PHILOSOPHIZING AND THEORIZING. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 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 subtilty or curiosity... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 oldal
...concealed love feeds on the cheek, is a fact in fancy. So in Bacon, — " But if it (the mind of man) work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then...forth indeed cobwebs of learning admirable for the firmness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." That the spider makes a web is a fact... | |
 | 1841 - 530 oldal
...or goodness of quality. This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign among the schoolmen . . . 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. "-f- Raised up at a time when true Realism... | |
 | 1847 - 662 oldal
...that spin their web out of the substance of their own bowels. " The wit and mind of man," says he, " if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread and work, but of no substance or profit."— Advancement of Learning, book i,... | |
 | John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell - 1843 - 506 oldal
...the great principle Similia similibus, and remind him of the saying of the modern Plato— "• That the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter which...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable indeed for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit."... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1174 oldal
...and mind of man if it work upon matter" — (the matter of the theologian being the Scriptures) — " worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby...the spider worketh his web, then it is endless and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no... | |
 | 1860 - 1172 oldal
...the theologian being the Scriptures) — " worketh according to the stuff, and is limited therebj; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread anc1 work, but of no... | |
 | 1837 - 548 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...according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it w6rk upon itself as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth VOL. IX. No. 26.... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1844 - 214 oldal
...concealed love feeds on the cheek, is a fact in fancy. So in Bacon, — "But if it (the rniud of man) work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then...forth indeed cobwebs of learning admirable for the firmness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." That the spider makes a web is a fact... | |
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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... 
