 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...  The Retrospective Review - 294 ページ1821全文表示 - この書籍について
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 ページ
...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...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,... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 ページ
...It was an amiable weakness ! PHILOSOPHIZING AND THEORIZING. THE wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. LOGICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PARTS OF MIND. THE logical... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 ページ
...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...if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his weh, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 ページ
...lahorious wehs of learning which are extant in their hooks. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited therehy ; hut if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his weh, then it is endless, and hrings... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 ページ
...work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creature* of God, worketh according to the stujf, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself,...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 4. Unprofitable curiosity is of two sorts 171 1. Fruitless... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 ページ
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, bringing * " To him there is nothing worth pursuit but that which he can handle, — which he can measure... | |
 | 1849 - 858 ページ
...wit and mind of man" — we again quote the words of Lord Bacon, " if it work upon nature, which 4s the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh...is limited thereby — but if it work upon itself, then it is endless, and by all its labours bringeth forth nothing of substance or profit." And, least... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 ページ
...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...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 214 ページ
...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...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." SECTION II. THE COMMON VIEW OF GEOMETRY. GEOMETERS... | |
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