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" As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. "
The Pardoner's Wallet - Page 174
by Samuel McChord Crothers - 1905 - 287 pages
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 24

British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...human life, has not given us a more apt and lively comparison than the following: ' As the climbing a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man/ Nor has one of our Grecian poets spoken so feelingly, so eloquently, or so elegantly of beauty, as...
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Select British Classics, Volume 20

1803 - 240 pages
...Ms, has not given us a more apt aj•.d lively comparison than the following : " As " the climbing a sandy way is to the feet of the " aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man." Nor has one of our Grecian poets, spoken so feelingly, so eloquently, or so elegantly of beauty, as...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...given as - a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given unto him that feareth the Lord. As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure. Turn away thine eye from a beautiful...
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Letters from England, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1808 - 274 pages
...twentyfilth chapter of Ecclesiasticus—' All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman. As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die. Give the water no passage ; neither...
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Letters from England: by don Manual Alvarez Espriella, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1808 - 388 pages
...twenty-fifth chapter of Ecclesiasticus. (t All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman. As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.—Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die.—Give. the water no passage...
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Letters from England, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1808 - 440 pages
...chapter of Ecclesiasticus. " All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman. As the climb^pg up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. — Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die. — Give the water no passage...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...human life, has not given us a more apt and lively comparison than the following : ' As the climbing a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.' Nor has one of our Grecian poets spoken so feelingly, so eloquently, or so elegantly of beauty, as...
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Exposition of the book of proverbs, Volume 2

George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...Ver. 26. She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. As a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man ; but the virtuous woman plagues neither her husband nor any other man with her talk. She has learned...
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Selections from the Psalms of David, the proverbs of Solomon, and the Book ...

1822 - 184 pages
...Her husband shall sit among his neighbours ; and when he heareth it, shall sigh bitterly. 162 As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. A wicked woman abaleth the courage, maketh an heavy countenance, and a wounded heart : a woman that...
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The Adventurer, Volume 2

John Hawkesworth - 1823 - 302 pages
...human life, has not given us a more apt and lively comparison than the following: ' As the climbing a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.' Nor has one of our Grecian poets spoken so feelingly, so eloquently, or so elegantly of beauty, as...
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