 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...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 67by Edmund Burke - 1826Full view - About this book
 | James Fleming - 1870 - 792 pages
...most limited amount. There is a description of such a person given by the son of Sirach : " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glorieth...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." William's talk .had... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Legislators - 1870 - 764 pages
...the characteristics of the different breeds, he checked himself with a smile, and said, ' How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glorieth...the goad that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? ' After a few momenta' pause, he added, ' I do not believe... | |
 | Henry Wace - Bible - 1888 - 664 pages
...cometh by opportunity of leisure : and he that hath little business shall become wise. 25 How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth...in their labours, and whose talk is ' of bullocks ? 'Gr. «fti,c 26 He giveth his mind to make furrows ; and is diligent to give the kine fodder. 27... | |
 | Sir Alexander Boswell (bart.) - English poetry - 1871 - 338 pages
...poor farmers for sapient disquisition, let us listen to the Wisdom of the Son of Sirach: " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth...in their labours, and ' whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give the kine fodder." — Ecclesiasticus,... | |
 | Preaching - 1871 - 780 pages
...his people certainly seem to give a contradiction to that famous text in Ecclesiasticus, " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth...occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ?" Such are most of the members of the tabernacle of Holy-cum-Corner, a good people I assure you, Mr.... | |
 | Sir Alexander Boswell - 1871 - 298 pages
...poor farmers for sapient disquisition, let us listen to the Wisdom of the Son of Sirach: " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth...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." — Ecclesiasticus, chap,... | |
 | 1921 - 1154 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1886 - 982 pages
...often-quoted sentence of Jesus the son of Sirach : ' How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks ? ' To be in close and vital contact for existence' sake with the essential realities of life is often... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...the Rings, bk. 2 of trilogy (1954). S*« also DEPARTURE AND PARTING. FARMING AND FARMERS 1 How can he ed For* (1854). Q Eagles commonly fly alone. They...daws, and starlings that flock together. JOHN WEB labors, and whose talk is of bullocks? APOCRYPHA. Ecclesiasticus 38:25. 2 There is, of course, a gold... | |
 | Gary Lee Harrison - Literary Collections - 1994 - 250 pages
...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 their labours; and whose talk is of bullocks?" (Reflections 138). In Rights of Man, Paine rebuts Burke's claim, declaring that the aristocracy "when... | |
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