| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 378 pages
...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...thereof: and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and Considered it well : I looked upon it and received instruction. * In the midst, too,... | |
| George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...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...face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."f In every road the ragged ensigns of poverty are displayed ; you often meet caravans of poor,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 526 pages
...Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. / went by the jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void...thereof.; and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well: I looked upon it, and re* Pror. xir. 23. — xiii. 4. VOL. II. ft... | |
| Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1820 - 370 pages
...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...nettles had covered the face thereof: and the stone watt thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well : I looked upon it and receiv<<d instruction,... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pages
...ground, (Gen. iii. 18.) and the keeping them under, a part of the labour imposed upon man. When Solomon " went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ;" — " lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone... | |
| Art - 1820 - 158 pages
...gives us hJs own olwervation upon such a man, in. these words: / went by the field of the slothful— and lo it was all grown over with thorns,. and nettles had covered the face thereof: then I saw, and considered it well ; / looked upon it, and received instructions .'. y,et a little... | |
| George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...upon the mountains of /ion. The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest, and have nothing. / I went by the...understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; nettles had covered its face ; and the stone wall was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it... | |
| William Cobbett - Fruit-culture - 1821 - 292 pages
...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 - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...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... | |
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