 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 170 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.  The Cryptography of Shakespeare: Part one - Seite 97von Walter Arensberg - 1922 - 280 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alan Holland - 1985 - 364 Seiten
...observations of experience" - they have speculated in the absence of observation, which is always disastrous: For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then is it endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and... | |
 | Alan Barcan - 1993 - 436 Seiten
...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...For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter . . . worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Rose-Mary Sargent - 1999 - 340 Seiten
...times, 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...which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, works according to the stuff and is limited thereby. But if it work upon itself, as the spider works... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 Seiten
...time; did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation0 of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their...work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures0 of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself,... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 2002 - 600 Seiten
...objective and open-minded study of a wide range of possible authors - but from some internal sources: 'for the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, . . . worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it worketh upon itself, as the... | |
 | Richard A. Lanham - 2006 - 327 Seiten
...whose existence I continue to believe. Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, 2005 CHAPTER ONE (STUFF AND FLUFF) 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... | |
 | Graham Arthur Cole - 2007 - 312 Seiten
...Continuum, 2003), 1-2, emphasis mine. 9. Francis Bacon (1561-1626), The Advancement of Learning, book 1:5: "For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter,...according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it worl [sic] upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed... | |
 | Rhodri Lewis - 2007 - 24 Seiten
...speculations. In a telling passage, Bacon reflected that the wit and niinde of man, if it worke vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby; but if it worke vpon it selfe, as the Spider worketh his webbe, then... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 Seiten
...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...thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider 170 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 171 worketh his web, then it is endless and brings forth indeed cobwebs... | |
 | State University of New York at Buffalo - 1922 - 206 Seiten
...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 of man — if it work upon itself — brings forth cobwebs of learning — of no substance or profit." This is, of course, his... | |
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