 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed ; Her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all.  The British Essayists;: Guardian - Page 233by Alexander Chalmers - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Oswald Dykes - 1722 - 400 pages
...Heaven, and the unrival'd Darling of Earth, without any farther faint Panegyrick. V ER SE VERSE XXXI. GIVE her of the Fruit of her Hands ; and let her own Works praife her in the Gutes. PARAPHRASE. IS not in the Power of my Capacity, to extol this noble Lady's... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1734 - 382 pages
...FAVOUR is deceitful, and Beauty is vain, but a ' Woman that feareththe Lord, fhe ihall be praifed. 'GIVE her of the Fruit of her Hands, and let her ' own Works praife her in the Gates. Tour humble Servant. SIR, ' I Ventured to your Lion with the following Lines,... | |
 | Patrick Delany - 1742 - 386 pages
...all. Favour is deceitful, and bfauty vain ; but a -woman thatfeareth the Lord, Jhe jhall be fraifed : give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own worfa praife her in the gates.. CHAP. C HAP. XXII. . DAvID calls an Affembly of his Peopk, in which... | |
 | Richard Barton - 1751 - 334 pages
...Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a " Woman that feareth the Lord, ftie fhall be praifed. Give her of the " fruit of her hands, and let her own works praife her in the gates." This charming character is founded upon a great degree of ufeful knowledge... | |
 | Lady - 1759 - 284 pages
...beauty is vain v but a woman that faithfully difcharges her ftveral duties, fhe Ihall be praifed. Give Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praife her in the gates of the land. This is the character Clelia aims at obtaining ; and this, adorned... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1763 - 576 pages
...all. Comelincfs is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but the woman that fears the Lord (hall be praifed. Give her of the fruit of her hands : and let her own works commend her at the gate of the city. GRADUAL. Pf. xliv. Grace is fpread on thy DifFufa eft gratia in... | |
 | 1785 - 772 pages
...Favour is deceitful, and beauty is ' vain; but a woman that feaieth th< ' Lord, (he (hall bepraifed. ' Give her of the fruit of her hands, ' and let her own works praile her in ' the gates/ Your humble fervant. tin, T Ventured to your Lion with the follow ng lines,... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...deceitful, and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, fhe {hall be praifed.., .. .. • 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praife her in the gate's. ' ..'. , .or, The PREACHER. CHAP. I. ; . ,: . 'f | ^ HE words of the J_ Preaqher,... | |
 | Mr. Cresswick - 1792 - 452 pages
...Favour is deceitful, and beauty is. vain : but a woman that fears th the Lord, fhe fhall be praifed. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praife her. Let facred writings always be admired, Whofe holy penmen w«re with truth infpir'd. Value... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1795 - 472 pages
...all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, fhe mall be praifcd. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and let her own works praife her in the gates."* A third refpect in which God intended that womaa mould be " an help meet"... | |
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