 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...  National Education - Page 194by George William Rusden - 1853 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Saunders Holt - Autographs - 1868 - 374 pages
...practiced by many from their studenthood up to old age. "How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen,...occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ?" says the son of Sirach when speaking of physicians. When he reflects upon the variety and accuracy... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1869 - 572 pages
...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...occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? " Ver. 27. " So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboreth night and day," &c. Ver. 33. " They... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 766 pages
...some length, the characteristics of the different breeds, he checked himself with a smile, and said, ' How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and...occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? ' After a few moments' pause, he added, ' I do not believe that passage is in any of the canonical... | |
 | James Fleming - 1870 - 792 pages
...of the 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...the 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... | |
 | Sir Alexander Boswell - 1871 - 298 pages
...inability of us 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...the 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... | |
 | Sir Alexander Boswell (bart.) - English poetry - 1871 - 338 pages
...inability of us 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...the 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... | |
 | 1921 - 1154 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1989 - 588 pages
...and his family to continue their residence at Bodvel Hall. 5. See Ecclesiasticus 38:25 in Apocrypha: "How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and...goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?" 6. John Owen Salusbury, christened on 25 July, was named for... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...Lord of the Rings, bk. 2 of trilogy (1954). S*« also DEPARTURE AND PARTING. FARMING AND FARMERS 1 How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and...occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks? APOCRYPHA. Ecclesiasticus 38:25. 2 There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged... | |
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