 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 466 էջ
...man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end, Eccles. chap. iii. ver. 11. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow, chap. i. ver. 18. And further, by these, my son, be admonished; of making many books there is no end... | |
 | 1831 - 854 էջ
...and in the most shameless manner." A SERMON. NO TRUE KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT RELIGION. ECCLESIASTES i. 18. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. DID we meet with such an assertion as this in a modern writer, we should probably conclude that the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 448 էջ
...run find out the work that God maketh. from the beginning to the end, Eccles. chap . iii. ver. 11. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increase th sorrow, chap. i. ver. 18. And further, by these, my son, be admonished ; of making many... | |
 | 1819 - 948 էջ
...walketh in darkness : and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I Qd OÖ{ w even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is perceived that... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 էջ
...under the sun: and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."* "And I gave my heart to know wisdom; I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit: for in much wisdom is much grief; and he that in1 creaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."f The mfnd of man, like his body, is susceptible of satiety... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 364 էջ
...so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end." — Ver. 11. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." — Ch. i. ver. 18. " And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1821 - 352 էջ
...perfection, ver. 16. That guards not from disasters and vexations ; yea, there is in it an innate grief. In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Yea, give a man the confluence of all these, which is so rare; make him at once rich, and honorable,... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 էջ
...to knowledge, knowledge becomes nurse to grief. Let Solomon speak ; I gave my heart to know wisdom, I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit....he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.^. Many . and dreadful are the damps that seize upon such as dig deep in the mines of learning. Sharp... | |
 | 1843 - 684 էջ
...less folly to expect that happiness is to be found in abstract speculations. What was the result ? / perceived that this also is vexation of spirit ; for in much wisdom is much grief : arising from the disappointments naturally occasioned by those limits which circumscribe the mind... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 էջ
...man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Eccles. chap. iii. ver. 11. For in much wisdom is much grief : and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Chap. i. ver. 18. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end... | |
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 
