 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - Liczba stron: 648
...stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - Liczba stron: 380
...stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding, certain it is, that if those school -men to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - Liczba stron: 374
...stuff, and is limited thereby: but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." And a little further on, he adds — " Notwithstanding, certain it is, that if those school -men to... | |
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - Liczba stron: 408
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon itself, brings forth, indeed, cob-- webs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." . Little attention seems to hare been paid to classical learning at this period. It is conjectured... | |
 | 1821 - Liczba stron: 408
...stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings 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 to be a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - Liczba stron: 372
...spider worketh his web, then it is 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 on, he adds — " Notwithstanding, certain it is, that if those school-men to... | |
 | 1821 - Liczba stron: 404
...stuff, and is limited thereby: but •if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings 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 to be a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - Liczba stron: 642
...stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - Liczba stron: 536
...stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, ' as the spider worketh his web, ihcn it is endless, and brings ' forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...• thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' — Q. Does the knowledge of a country ever rise higher than its metaphysics ? — L'homme n'est que... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - Liczba stron: 492
...if it work upon itself, as the spider * See A. Chalmers's Bios;raph. 128 worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth, indeed, cobwebs of learning,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." Milton has made metaphysics the idle sport of the fallen angels : Others apart, sate on a hill retir'd,... | |
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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... 
