 God to bring thee to man's estate, use great providence and circumspection in choosing thy wife; for from thence will spring all thy future good or evil. And it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy...  Proverbs of All Nations - Pàgina 171861 - 238 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 460 pàgines
...or evil; and it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly. Inquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth; let her... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 pàgines
...or evil; and it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly. Enquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth; let her... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 450 pàgines
...or evil; and it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly. Inquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth ; let... | |
 | 1907 - 376 pàgines
...evil. And it is an action of thy life, like unto a stratagem of war : wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly. Enquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth. Let her... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 376 pàgines
...evil. And it is an action of life— like unto a stratagem of War, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure : if weak — far off, and quickly. Inquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth. Choose... | |
 | Algernon Cecil - 1915 - 450 pàgines
...or evil. And it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war : wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure ; if weak, far off and quickly. Enquire diligently of her disposition and how her parents have been inclined in their youth. Let her... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 pàgines
...following: evil; and it is an action of life, like unto a stratagem of war, wherein a man can err but once. If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure ; if weak, far off and quickly. Enquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth; let her... | |
 | Hilda L. Smith - 2002 - 252 pàgines
...fool," and to take into consideration both the nature of one's own estate as weil as one's intended: "If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, then far off and quitkly." In his advite concerning his son's prospective offspring, he distinguishes... | |
 | Louise Pound, Kemp Malone, Arthur Garfield Kennedy, William Cabell Greet - 1927 - 542 pàgines
...better-remembered nephew and would-be protégé Bacon. Thus, on the subject of marrying, he advises, "If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure; if weak, far off and quickly." That advice may still be good, in spite of credit ratings. But here, as in the other nine precepts,... | |
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