 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 462 pages
...? ver. J 5. And again, the eye is not satisfied with seeing^ nor the ear filled with hearing ; for in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow, chap. i. 8, 18. So again, in another place, after he had proposed some rules for the government of... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...of his eyes," but considereth not that for all these things God will bring him into judgment. Even " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Vanity of vanitiesf-saitk the preacher, vanity of vanities, ail is vanity. But the conclusion of the... | |
 | Thomas Balguy - Christian ethics - 1817 - 366 pages
...in all nations round about f," he was forced at last to come to this melancholy conclusion, That " in much wisdom is much " grief; and he that increaseth knowledge " increaseth sorrow." Different situations and circumstances expose men to different temptations. There is indeed scarce... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 466 pages
...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 Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 364 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Leighton - Theology - 1822 - 552 pages
...from disasters and vexations ; yea, there is in it an innate grief, amidst so many follies (vii. 18). Yea, give a man the confluence of all these, which is so rare, make him at once rich and honourable and healthful, and encompassed with all the delights of nature and art, and wise, to make... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...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 - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...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... | |
 | 1822 - 394 pages
...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... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - Puritans - 1822 - 410 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
