| George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pàgines
...are a lively counterpart of Solomon's description in the Proverbs : " I went (saith that wise king) by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, andlo! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles .had covered the face thereof, and the stone... | |
| Moral essays - 1821 - 188 pàgines
...lo ! it was all grown Over with thorns ! nettles had covered the face , thereof; and the stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it, and received instruction." Is it in this manner, that a man lives to himself ? Are these the advantages which were expected to... | |
| William Cobbett - 1821 - 292 pàgines
...and Flowers. BY WILLIAM COBBETT. " 1 went by the Held of the Slothful and by the vineyard of tho " man void of understanding : and, lo ! it was all grown over with " thorns, and nettles covered the face thereof, and the stone-wall " thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pàgines
...plough by reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest, and have nothing. I went by the Belt! of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : andlo! it wasallgrown over with thorns ; nettles had covered its face; and the stone wall was broken... | |
| George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pàgines
...following an opposite course, we heap them on our own, to our destruction. Ver. 30. / went by the jfield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. The sluggard is wise in his own conceit ; but in Solomon's judgment, sluggard is another name for a... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1822 - 412 pàgines
...his whole situation. Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...well : I looked upon it, and received instruction *. In the midst, too, * Prov. xxiv. 30, 31, 3-2. of those distresses which idleness brings on its votaries,... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 498 pàgines
...Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the Jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void...well : I looked upon it, and received instruction.* In the midst, too, of those distresses which idleness brings on its votaries, they must submit to innumerable... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1822 - 470 pàgines
...whole situation. Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by ^Solomon. / went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...covered the face thereof: and the stone wall thereof wax broken • Pror. xiv. 23. xiii. 4. VO,LI &J down, Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked... | |
| Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pàgines
...guide, overseer, or ruler, . provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone Avail thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received instruction.... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 516 pàgines
...Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the Jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void...thereof; and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Tlien I saw and considered it well : .1 looked upon it, and re* Prov.^xiv. 23. — xiii. 4. VOL. II.... | |
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