 I have represented an example of late times, yet it hath been and will be secundum majus et minus in all time. And how is it possible but this should have an operation to discredit learning, even with vulgar capacities, when they see learned men's works...  Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter - Page 145by Ben Jonson - 1892 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copia than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of learning,...have an operation to discredit learning, even with vulgar capacities, .when they see learned men's works like the first letter of a patent or limned book*... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copia than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of learning,...example of late times, yet it hath been, and will be, secundnm tnajus et minus in all time. And how is it possible but this should have an operation to discredit... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...times was rather towards copia than weight. 'Here therefore is the first distemper of learning, tvhen men study words and not matter : whereof, though I...example of late times, yet it hath been, and will be, seeundum majus tt minvt in all time. And how is it possible but this should have an operation to discredit... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 524 pages
...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copia than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of learning,...times, yet it hath been, and will be, secundum majus ft minus in all time. And how is it possible but this should have an operation to discredit learning,... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 550 pages
...bent of those times was rather towards copia than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of ' when men study words and not matter : whereof, though I have represented an example of late tinier, yet it hath been, and will be, secundvm majus tt minus in all time. And how is it possible... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...utterly despised, as barbarous ; and the whole bent of those times, was rather upon fulness than weight. Here, therefore, is the first distemper of learning ; when men study words, and not matter : and, though we have given an example of it from later times, yet such levities have, and will be... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copia, than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of learning,...have an operation to discredit learning, even with vulgar capacities, when they see learned mens works like the first letter of a patent, or limned bo0k.J'>... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 642 pages
...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copia, than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of learning,...will be secundum majus et minu-s in all time. And how it is possible but this should have an operation to discredit learning, even with vulgar capacities,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards " copia" than weight. Here therefore, is the first distemper of learning,...have an operation to discredit learning, even with vulgar capacities, when they see learned men's works like the first letter of a patent or limned book... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...the whole inclination and bent of those times was rather towards "copia" (fluency) than weighj/ ^Jere therefore is the first distemper of learning, when...hath been, and will be " secundum majus et minus" (either more or less) in all time. And how is it possible but this should have an operation to discredit... | |
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