 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pagina’s
...the Word of his Father. XII. 12. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many boohs there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. By these divine words, O my son, do thou content thyself to be admonished ; not roving in thy... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 pagina’s
...increaseth sorrow, as knowledge is often bought at a very dear price. ' My son,' saith Solomon, ' in making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness to the flesh.' How often has the healthiest youth and the brightest genius fallen a sacrifice to excessive... | |
 | Francis William Newman - 1838 - 208 pagina’s
...perhaps the experience of a great book-maker, registered in sacred writ, may be quoted, that " of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness to the flesh." This probably is a rebuke on literary pursuits, when made an end in themselves, instead... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1838 - 428 pagina’s
...Assistant. Rom. xvi. 21. EPAPHRAS — Pastor. Col. i. 7. Ziba. — " Of making books," says Solomon, " there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." (Eccles. xii. 12.) Such is the decision of unerring wisdom, and yet there are those who will... | |
 | 1839 - 612 pagina’s
...the interval between pleasure and pleasure to her ! Does learning, does science satisfy? " Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Does domestic comfort satisfy ? — and this is the purest earthly pleasure that we can have... | |
 | Sir William Waller - 1839 - 236 pagina’s
...choose, the most of it to study ; which is the improvement of time. 10. Because in reading,8 as in making many books, there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh; I would especially apply myself to the knowledge of divinity, as that which most directly tendeth... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 pagina’s
...comprised in a few wise preII or,r«n/i»j. 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making D, and my judgment is passed over from my God ? 28 1 Hast thou flesh. 13 f II Let us hear the conclusion II or, Them* c il L l , T< /-iii of the ftatter, ot the whole... | |
 | Mrs. Frederick Montgomerie - 1839 - 244 pagina’s
...chapter of Ecclesiastes is no less important than that which we have been considering — " of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness to the flesh." If ever there was a time when the force of this statement might be applied and felt,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1840 - 632 pagina’s
...that all were to be written over again every time a copy was wanted, he exclaimed in a pet, "Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh," and so brought the whole matter to a close. Perhaps, too, it might be said, he had by this... | |
 | John Wilson - 1840 - 378 pagina’s
...comparatively little purpose, v. 12. " And, further, By these, my son, he admonished : of making many hooks there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." And he knew also the conclusion of the whole matter, " Fear God," in which is the beginning... | |
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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. 
