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" ... reading, (but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle their dictator, as their persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges,) and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great... "
Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review - Page 408
1849
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...

Francis Bacon - 1720 - 576 pages
...no great Quantity of Matter, but infinite Agitation of Wit and Spirit, fpin out unto us thofc moft laborious Webs of Learning, which are extant in their Books. For the Mind of Man, (if it work upon Matter, by contemplating the Nature of Things, and the Works of God )...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: De augmentis scientiaurum

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...of nature and times ; they, with infinite agitation of wit, spun out of a small quantity of matter, those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the human mind, ;f it acts upon matter, and contemplates the nature of things, and the works of God, operates...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at ...

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 372 pages
...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...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...
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The History of Scotland from the Invasion of the Romans Till the Union with ...

Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 pages
...strong wits, ami abundance of leisure, but small reading either of nature or of time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us (hose laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 3

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...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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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 3

Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 pages
...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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The Retrospective Review, Volume 3

1821 - 398 pages
...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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The Retrospective Review, Volume 3

1821 - 400 pages
...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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Noctes Atticę, or Reveries in a garret; containing observations on men and ...

Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...My Lord Bacon, in one of his essays, has admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studies: " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; if it work upon itself, as the spider * See A. Chalmers's Bios;raph. 128 worketh his web, then it...
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Noctes Atticae: Or, Reveries in a Garret; Containing Short, and Chiefly ...

Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...My Lord Bacon, in one of his essays, has admirably stated this absurdity in metaphysical studiesr " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; if it work upon itself, as the spider * See A.Chalmers's Biograph. worketh hi.s web, then it is endless,...
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