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" This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the Schoolmen : who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle their dictator... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition: - Pagina 39
door Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825
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The History of Scotland from the Invasion of the Romans Till the Union with ...

Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 pagina’s
..."theschoolmen having sharp and 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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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...Instead of students ready at all times to acquire any sort of knowledge, he found himself " amidst men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle their dictator, as their...
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American Annals of Education, Volume 4

1829 - 592 pagina’s
...goodness of quality. This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the schoolmen; who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and...variety of reading, (but their wits being shut up in the colls of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle their dictator, as their persons were shut up in the cells...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

1832 - 698 pagina’s
...strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and little variety of reading, but their wits being shot nji in the cells of a few authors, (chiefly Aristotle their dictator) as their perawa were shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing link history either of nature...
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Christian Ethics; Or, Moral Philosophy on the Principles of Divine Revelation

Ralph Wardlaw - 1834 - 480 pagina’s
...quality ! " This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst " the schoolmen, who, having sharp and strong wits, and " abundance of leisure,...and knowing little history, " either of nature or of time, did, out of no great quantity of " matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us...
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An Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature, and of Its ...

William Gray - 1835 - 124 pagina’s
...goodness of quality. This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the schoolmen, who, having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and...colleges,) and knowing little history, either of nature or lime, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those...
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An Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature, and of Its ...

William Gray - 1835 - 120 pagina’s
...quality. This kind of degenerate learning did chiefly reign amongst the schoolmen, who, having sharp atfd strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety...colleges,) and knowing little history, either of nature or lime, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and in6nite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those...
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Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer

1837 - 1068 pagina’s
...forth in spite of all the efforts which can be made to bind its powers. For they, as Bacon says, had " sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and...and colleges, and knowing little history either of nation or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto...
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The Dial, Volume 2

Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1842 - 642 pagina’s
...happens to differ, he is presently reprehended as a disturber and innovator." And still farther. " Their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin cobwebs of learning, admirable...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings

Theodore Parker - 1843 - 394 pagina’s
...happens to differ, he is presently reprehended as a disturber and innovator." And still farther. " Their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors, did, out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin cobwebs of learning, admirable...
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