 | Sir Alexander Boswell - 1810 - 76 σελίδες
...disquisition, let us listen to the wisdom of the Son of Sirach : " How can he get wisdom that holdetli **' the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that "...in their labours, and " whose talk is of bullocks .' He giveth his mind to " make furrows, and is diligent to give the kins 37 " fodder."— Ecclciiasticus,... | |
 | George Ensor - 1810 - 480 σελίδες
...laborious are unfit for any political situation. " How," says Solomon, " can he get wisdom, that holdcth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours ? &c. So every carpenter and work-master, that laboureth night and day, &c. They shall not be sought... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1815 - 550 σελίδες
...man of business by the testimony of the son of Sirach, " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by the opportunity of leisure, and he that hath little business shall become wise;" and yet it seems he would have him have some; he doth not say, he that hath none: and no doubt by a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 σελίδες
...prejudice, buf you are at war with nature*. I do * Ecclesiasticus, chap, xxxviii. verse 2 1, 25. " The wisdom. " of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and h« " that hath little business shall become wise." — " How can he " get wisdom that holdeth the... | |
 | 1818 - 354 σελίδες
...use the expression, of a just remark. If a remark or observation be once just, it never dies — " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...plough) and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxenj and is occupied in their labours; and whose talk is of bullocks ?" The whole of this chapter,... | |
 | Edward Christian - 1820 - 148 σελίδες
...more" just and satisfactory than the following extract:— ' * * The wisdom of a learned mancometh by opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little...occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks P He giveth his mind to make furraivs ; and is diligent to give the kine fodder. So every carpenter... | |
 | 1821 - 362 σελίδες
...imagine that I • Ecclesiasticus, chap, xxxviii. verses 24, 25. " The wisdom of a learned man comcth by opportunity of leisure : and he that hath little business shall become wise." — " HO-.V can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 416 σελίδες
...himself either much enlightened or much improved by them. How should Tie get wisdom from such sources, "that holdeth " the plough, and that glorieth in the...that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their " labours ; that giveth his mind to make " furrows, and is diligent to give the kine " fodder ?" * Very different... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - 1823 - 268 σελίδες
...the poormuu's habitation " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportu' uity of leisure. How cau he get wisdom, that holdeth " the plough, and that glorieth in the goad; that driv" eth oxen and is occupied in their labours ? He givetli " his mind to make furrows, and is diligent... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 σελίδες
...overrated may, without difficulty, be seen. Worldly occupation. Although it is, in general, true that the wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...and he that hath little business shall become wise, yet let it not be forgotten what has ever been done in contemplation by lovers of truth engaged in... | |
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The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose... 
