 | 1851 - 542 σελίδες
...leisure, and he that is less in action shall receive wisdom. With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and his whole talk is about bullocks? He shall give his mind to turn up furrows,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 608 σελίδες
...probation. The temple of honour ought to be seated on an 1 Ecclesiasticus, chap, xxxviii. ver. 24, 25. " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...their labours ; and whose talk is of bullocks ?" Ver. 27. " So every carpenter and work-master that laboureth night and day," &c. Ver. 33. " They shall not... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 272 σελίδες
...then adds a note, the first portion of which I extract. " Ecclesiasticus, chap 38, verses 24, 25 : ' The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...business shall become wise.' ' How can he get wisdom that hokleth the plough, and that glorieth in the goati ; that driveth oxen; and is occupied in their labors;... | |
 | John Algernon Clarke - 1852 - 284 σελίδες
...repressed their noble zeal, . i And froze the genial ourrent of the soul." -ftr*j:tm4jto:some extent that "the wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...and he that hath little business shall become wise." But leisure alone will not suffice. Leisure for study is not so much needed by agriculturists as a... | |
 | Michigan State Agricultural Society - 1852 - 510 σελίδες
...the intellectual condition of the Hebrew husbandmen: " How can he get wisdom, that holdeth the plow, and that glorieth in the goad; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks?" " He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is dilligent to give... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1853 - 152 σελίδες
...forthwith read together, is well worthy of notice. It is in chapter xxxviii. and begins as follows : — " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and...occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give the kine fodder." The writer then goes... | |
 | William Hanna - 1853 - 448 σελίδες
...notice. It is in chap, xxxviii., and begins as follows : ' How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 σελίδες
...uncivilized life. The Son of Sirach has described this state of things with beautiful simplicity : — " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give the kine fodder. So every carpenter and... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 500 σελίδες
...Little Kafy." They think, perhaps, as one did of old, " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ; who giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give... | |
 | Robert F. Johnstone - 1854 - 26 σελίδες
...by the apochryphal writer, when he exclaimed : " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow—that glorieth in the goad; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors; whose talk is of bullocks?" In that land whose bright galaxy of warriors, statesmen, historians,... | |
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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... 
