 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...  The Collected Works of ... P. ... - 215 psl.autoriai: Theodore Parker - 1864Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 psl.
...up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind... | |
 | 1843 - 538 psl.
...spider 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.'' An Address on the Homoeopathic System of Medicine, read before the Medical and Surgical Society, at... | |
 | William Kitchen Parker - 1885 - 290 psl.
...up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 436 psl.
...up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 psl.
...shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history either of nature or time, did. out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books." — Ibid. " If a man... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 psl.
...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 thread and work, but of ,, jio substance or profit. \ 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts ; either... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1886 - 378 psl.
...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 thread and work, but of no substance or profit." While not indifferent to graces of style, Bacon criticised the excessive humanistic tendency of his... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1886 - 472 psl.
...in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history either of nature or time, they did out of no great quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit spin out to us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books.' And thirdly, there was... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 psl.
...authors, chiefly Aristotle, their dictator. And, knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter and infinite...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." * Translation from his father's house, from conversation with a mother who employed her learning and... | |
 | William Henry Seward - 1888 - 714 psl.
...it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forward, indeed, cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." How could the study of groups be either easier or more satisfactory than that of individual man ? The... | |
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