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" 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... "
New England's Vindication - Page 32
by Henry Gardiner - 1884 - 83 pages
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Rule and Misrule of the English in America

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canada History To 1763 (New France) - 1851 - 386 pages
...The experience of all ages was against the experiment. " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labor; whose talk is of bullocks?" "They shall not be sought for in public counsels nor sit high in...
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The English in America, Volume 2

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - United States - 1851 - 394 pages
...making laws, but of governing the English. The experience of all ages was against the experiment. " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glorieth in the good ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labour ; whose talk is of bullocks ?" " They shall...
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Rule and Misrule of the English in America

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - Canada History To 1763 (New France) - 1851 - 406 pages
...holdeth the plow and that glorieth in the goad ; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labor ; whose talk is of bullocks ?" " They shall not be sought for in public counsels nor sit high in the congregation; they shall not sit in the judge's seat, nor understand...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c ..., Volume 8

1851 - 542 pages
...leisure, and he that is less in action shall receive wisdom. With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and his whole talk is about bullocks? He shall give his mind to turn up furrows,...
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The Works and Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 608 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 labours ; and whose talk is of bullocks ?" Ver. 27. " So every carpenter and work-master that laboureth night and day," &c. Ver. 33. " They...
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Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life, Volume 2

Joseph Tinker Buckingham - Boston courier - 1852 - 270 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...goad; that driveth oxen; and is occupied in their labors ; and whose talk is of bullocks ?' " You see how eminently suggestive these passages were, of...
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Fen sketches

John Algernon Clarke - 1852 - 284 pages
...remarks in connection with Agricultural Literature. " 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?" Such, in ancient times, was the exclamation of the Hebrew sage; and the same enquiry may again be demanded...
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Transactions of the State Agricultural Society of Michigan: With Reports of ...

Michigan State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1852 - 510 pages
...the intellectual condition of the Hebrew husbandmen: " How can he get wisdom, that holdeth the plow, and that glorieth in the goad; that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks?" " He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is dilligent to give...
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Chalmeriana, Or, Colloquies with Dr. Chalmers

Joseph John Gurney - 1853 - 152 pages
...forthwith read together, is well worthy of notice. It is in chapter xxxviii. and begins as follows : — " How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and...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." The writer then goes...
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Life of Thomas Chalmers

William Hanna - Clergy - 1853 - 448 pages
...notice. It is in chap, xxxviii., and begins as follows : ' How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks ? He giveth his mind to make furrows, and is diligent to give...
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