...in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, rlid 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...

...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 into those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of...

...confined and penned down to the writings of certain authors ; from which if any man happens to differ, he is presently reprehended as a disturber and innovator."...philosophizing in general, that of the Materialists and the Spiritualists; to nse these terms. The one is perhaps most ably represented in the Novum Organum...

...confined and penned down to the writings of certain authors ; from which if any man happens to differ, he is presently reprehended as a disturber and innovator."...philosophizing in general, that of the Materialists and the Spiritualists, to use these terms. The one is perhaps most ably represented in the Novum Organum...

...the cells of monasteries and colleges, and who, knowing little history either of nature or time, did spin cobwebs of learning admirable for the fineness...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." k He paid due homage to the gigantic intellect of the " Dictator ; " but he ridiculed the unfruitfulness...

...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." Or, yet more, of those intricate and ingenious calculations, "quaint opinions wide," formerly made...

...up in the cells of monasteries and colleges; and knowing little history, either of nature or tune; 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...

...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 uo substance or profit." — Bacon's Adv. of Learning. EIIEA HTEPOENTA, PAET I. TO THE UNIVERSITY OE...

...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...

...itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endtess, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of Earning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 4. Unprofitable curiosity is of two sorts 171 1. Fruitless speculation. 2. Erroneous modes of investigation....