 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 Beautiful in Nature, Art, and Life - Strana 167autor/autoři: Andrew James Symington - 1857Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 str.
...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 thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 str.
...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 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 - 374 str.
...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 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 - 408 str.
...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 str.
...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... | |
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 str.
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 str.
...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 str.
...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 str.
...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 str.
...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... | |
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