 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 1481914Full view - About this book
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pages
..." 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...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." {Prov. xxiv. 30,31.) Weread also of nettles again, /wz.xxxiv. 13- and Zeph. ii. 9. Job, in his integrity,... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...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...face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."t In every road the ragged ensigns of poverty are displayed ; you often meet caravans of poor,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1820 - 370 pages
...Solomon. / went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; and 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,... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...convince any man, of the folly .of such hopes. Ver. 31. And lo it was all grown over with thorn t, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. How could it be otherwise ? Thorns and thistle*, since the fall of man, spring up every where, to remind... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 498 pages
...Solomon. I went by the Jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns; and nettles...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 476 pages
...went, says Solomon, by the field of the slothful, and the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image of this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 472 pages
...went, says Solomon, by the field of the slothful, and the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image o£ this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 470 pages
...^Solomon. / went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; and nettles...covered the face thereof: and the stone wall thereof wax broken • Pror. xiv. 23. xiii. 4. VO,LI &J down, Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...harvest. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone Avail thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received instruction.... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...to waste? I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and lo it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the Etone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well, I looked upon it and received... | |
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