 | Art - 1820 - 158 pages
...face thereof: then I saw, and considered it well ; / looked upon it, and received instructions .'. y,et a little sleep, a little slumber, a little. folding...hands to sleep; so shall thy poverty come as one that tvavelleth^ and thy. want as an armed man; that is, it shall be unavoidable and unresistable. And .all... | |
 | Mathew Carey - 1820 - 312 pages
...slothfulness the building decayeth, and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through." " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.'' " The soul of the slothful desireth and hath nothing; but... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 526 pages
...? The down may at first have appeared soft: But it will soon be found to cover thorns innumerable. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, yet a little slumber, a little folding of tlie hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that... | |
 | 1821 - 770 pages
...reproacheth his Maker:'' and can there be a more striking admonition to industry than " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her -ways and be wise; which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest" It is true that it was not within the inspired commission of Solomon (at least the Proverbs give us... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 512 pages
...it 4 We'll set thee to school to an ant, &c.] " Go to the ant. thou sluggard, (says Solomon,) learn her ways, and be wise; which having no guide, over-seer,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." By this allusion more is meant than is expressed. If, says the Fool, you had been schooled by the ant,... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 480 pages
...ashamed of his »illy excuses. Another reason we find assigned by Solomon in this place. Ver. 7, 8. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. The bees are a very industrious people, but they have a queen to require their labour, and if she dies... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 pages
...Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise ; which having no guide, overseer, nor ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth...hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. When pride cometh, then cometh shame ; but with the lowly... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...be nisi:: Which having no guide, OYerseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gatherelh her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep,...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelled), and thy want as an armed man. These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil thereof. Prov. vi. 6—8. Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise ; which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 2 Thess. iii. 10 — 12. For even when we were with you this we commanded you, that if any would nut... | |
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GO to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
