 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 - Página 361847Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 páginas
...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." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 páginas
...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." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding,... | |
 | 1821 - 408 páginas
...agitation of wit, spin out laborious webs of learning. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon the matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of texture, but of little substance or profit. So that the fable ami fiction of Scylla seemeth to be a... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 páginas
...agitation of wit, spin out laborious ^yebs of learning. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon thte matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of texture, but of little substance or profit. So that the fable and fiction of Scylla seemeth to be a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 páginas
...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 of the creatures of God, wprketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | 1821 - 398 páginas
...measure with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the 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... | |
 | 1821 - 400 páginas
...measure with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the 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... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 páginas
...measure with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the 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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 páginas
...with a two-foot rule ; which he can tell upon ten fingers. , 4. He says, if the wit and mind of man work upon matter which is the 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... | |
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