 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...NEWTON. Ibid. - many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome ;] Alluding to Eccles. xii. 12. " Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh." NEWTON. The same sentiment may be traced to classical authority. " Aiunt enim," says the younger... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 610 pages
...canstic : And lastly, as a writer, I have learned to feel thetruthof Solomon's observation, ' Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh ; let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments; for this... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...Ezek. iii.4. 1 Pet. iv. 11. 1 Johni. 1) Ver. 12. And further, by these, my son be admonished: of making many books there is no end, and much •study is a weariness of the flesh.] And farther • ; The learned do by this word join this verse unto the three former, as an... | |
 | 1827 - 500 pages
...every species, there are specimens in the Old Testament. A single expression of Solomon's, " Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh," indicates a state of literature, in which we have a right to assume the existence of a great... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 522 pages
...proposed some rules for the government of life, he adds, ' My son be admonished by these, for of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh,' chap. MI. 12. I wish I could weigh every expression. Observe however two imperfections of science.... | |
 | 1827 - 496 pages
...every species, there are specimens in the Old Testament. A single expression of Solomon's, " Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh," indicates a state of literature, in which we have a right to assume the existence of a great... | |
 | John Angell James - 1827 - 186 pages
...spirit : for in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Will knowledge comfort its possessors amidst the ills of life ? Will it soothe them in the... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...not in strife and envying. 4 Eccl. xii. 12. And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Eccl. ii. 22, 23. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart wherein... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 554 pages
...rather than to Jive*." To this purpose I understand that excellent saying of Solomon ; " Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep his commandments ; for this... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 pages
...before the coming of Christ, to a vast extent. Hence in the days of Solomon, it was asserted, of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. The Alexandrine library, burnt about fifty years before Christ, is said to have contained 400,000... | |
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And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 
