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... Elements of Moral Philosophy - Page 281by Jasper Adams - 1837 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Barton - Analogy (Religion) - 1750 - 278 pages
...examples. Your ftate is very well defcribed by the Author of Ecclefiafticus : " How can he get wifdom that '' holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the...goad, *' that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their la*' bours, and whofe talk is of bullocks ? He giveth te his mind to make furrows : and is diligent... | |
| Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...opportunity of leifure : and he that hath little bufmefs fhall become wife. 25 How can he get wifdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whofe talk is of bullocks ?• 26 He giveth his mind to make furrows : and is diligent... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...leifure : and he that hath " liltle bufinefs fhall become wife." — " How can he get wifdom " lhat holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad ; that " driveth oxen ; and is occupied in their labours ; and whofe talk •' is of bullocks ?" Ver. 27. " So every carpenter and work-mafter that... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 404 pages
...himfelf either much enlightened or much improved by them. How mould he get wifdomfrom fuch fources " that " holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the...goad ; 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... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 408 pages
...himfelf either much en* lightened or much improved by them. How mould be get wifdom from fuch fources " that " holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the " goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in *i their labours ; that giveth his mind to make " furrows, and is diligent to give the kine " fodder... | |
| Great Britain - 1796 - 982 pages
...opportunity of leifure : and he that hath In., k butinefs, (hall become wife. How can he get wifdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whof.: talk is of bullocks ?" The whole of this chapter, the thirty-eight, is woithy of... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...opportunity of leifure: and he " that hath little bufinefs fliall become wife."—" How can he " get wifdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the "goad; that driveth oxen; and is occupied in their labours; " and whofc talk is of bullocks?" Ver. 37. " So every carpenter and work-mafter that laboureth... | |
| John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - Names in the Bible - 1804 - 190 pages
...and remedy to prolonoHe that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician. The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...goad., that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows ; and is diligent to give... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profoundei than the great deep. From the same. The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks? He-giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - United States - 1805 - 244 pages
...this subject, by a quotation from Ecclesiasticus, Chap. XXXVIII. v. 24, to the end of the chapter : " The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity...that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxen, and k occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? " He giveth his mind to make furrows :... | |
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