 | Education - 1829 - 592 pages
...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...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 'The same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, ' as the spider worketh his web, ihen it is endless, and brings ' forth indeed cobwebs of...' 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... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pages
...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...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." Bacon,s Adv. of Learning. • Present Participle and its relation to Verbals in ing; nor to subtile... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 pages
...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...divinity and philosophy, or in the manner or method of handling of a knowledge, which amongst them was this ; upon every particular position or assertion... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...of virtue. Oft be bends His turret crest, and sleek enamelled neck. Fawning, and licks the ground. worketh his web, then it is endless and brings forth...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. LOGICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PARTS OF MIND. THE logical part of men's minds is often good; but the mathematical... | |
 | Thomas Martin - Great Britain - 1835 - 388 pages
...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,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' Another error, he says, is an impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due suspension of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...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...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts : either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...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...fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or pro6t. and English philosophers took the contagion : and the Muse of science condescended to seek admission... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...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...divinity and philosophy, or in the manner or method of handling of a knowledge, which amongst them was this ; upon every particular position or assertion... | |
 | Christianity - 1841 - 500 pages
...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,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." '}' Raised up at a time when true Realism had not only been banished from the schools, but a pseudo-ideal... | |
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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... 
