 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise : the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have...  A Philosophical Dictionary - Pàgina 472per Voltaire - 1843Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Martyn Paine - 1849 - 258 pàgines
...revealed,) after the system of ascendble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks: The locustt have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands...taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces." Proverbi, xxx., 24—28. 146 THE SOUL AND INSTINCT. ing analogies among existences is broken up ; and... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pàgines
...prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth...; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces;" so many small things have produced powerful results, and done something to advance... | |
 | 1850 - 682 pàgines
...position and integrity, there may yet bo a common organization for resistance to error which all oppose, " The locusts have no king ; yet go they forth, all of them, by bands." " Nowhere," says Mr. Bridges, " is concord so important as in the Church. Never can she prosper except... | |
 | John Hooper - 1850 - 598 pàgines
...These locusts are said to have a king over them ; prov. *«. but we read in the book of Proverbs that " the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands." This apparent inconsistency, shows that these locust teachers, although they have no visible king or... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1851 - 702 pàgines
...prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble flock, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth...; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces." Ye have the wisdom of the ants, to provide your meat in summer ; of the conies, to... | |
 | Sir James Stephen - 1851 - 516 pàgines
...are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands. The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces." If we study the polity of any of these "exceeding wise" people, we can attain to a... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1851 - 480 pàgines
...contemporary, both by word and example. "Thus," he proceeds to say, " was fulfilled the saying of Solomon — ' The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands.' These locusts had not soared on deeds of goodness so long as they remain stiffened and frozen in their... | |
 | 1852 - 840 pàgines
...prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth...; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces:" Prov. xxx. 24 — 28. These all teach us wisdom. From the busy ant we learn forethought,... | |
 | Sir James Stephen - 1852 - 748 pàgines
...are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands. The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces." If we study the polity of any of these "exceeding wise" people, we can attain to a prophetic vision... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 582 pàgines
...by ourselves in proper speech a locust ; as in the diet of John Baptist, and in our translation, " the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands."* Again, between the cicada and that we call a grasshopper, the differences are very many, as may be... | |
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