 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 דפים
...Solomon speak ; 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 increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.^. Many . and dreadful are the damps that seize upon such as dig deep in the mines of learning. Sharp... | |
 | 1822 - 394 דפים
...health and happiness, will find that he has made a poor exchange, — ' For,' to such a one at least, ' in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Liverpool. JBM THE AUGUSTAN AGE IN ENGLAND. (See page 243.) It may, perhaps, be considered strange... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 דפים
...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... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 דפים
...human race. Ignorance is the work of nature, error is the work of man. The wise man observes, that " In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." It should seem that there is such a fault as intemperance in the pursuit of knowledge. It is an undoubted... | |
 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 דפים
...also that one event, death, happeneth 15 to them all. Then said I in my heart, This is the case that as it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me who excel in wisdom, both being subject to misery and death; and why was I then solicitous to become... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 דפים
...confess in the bitterness of his disappointment ; / perceived, that this also is vexation of spirit : for in much wisdom is much grief ; and, he, that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow *. But, hereafter, the servants of the Lord will eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, without... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 דפים
...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. — Eccles. i. 2. 13, 14. 16—18. I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 דפים
...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. — Eccles. i. 2. 13, 14. 16—18. I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 דפים
...excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. But I perceived that this also is vexation; for in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I said in my heart, as it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me, and why was I then more wise... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1824 - 526 דפים
...better, if it have not attained the knowledge of thee? since, as the preacher hath most wisely observed," in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow," Eccl. i. 18. O then, set offmy heart from affecting that knowledge whose end is sorrow, and fix it... | |
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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. 
