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. A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed - Page 205by George Johnston - 1829Full view - About this book
| 1611 - 360 pages
...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...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1734 - 382 pages
...the Slothful, and the fineyardoftbe Manveid ofUaJerJIanJing, and lo! it 1*101 all grown over ivitk Thorns, and Nettles had covered the Face thereof, and the Stone- Wall thereof was brakeu do-wit, Toi raife the Image of this Perfon, the fame Author adds, fhe Jlofbful Matt bidtth bis... | |
| Richard Lucas - Happiness - 1735 - 486 pages
...went by the jield of the Jlothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of underftanding ; and /<?, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the ftone wall thereof was broken down: This is one plain caufe,and commonly the firft, of our halthalting... | |
| Richard Lucas - Perfection - 1735 - 486 pages
...by the Jifld of' the jlothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of under/landing; and /0, it ivas all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof ] and the jione 'wall thereof was broken down: This is one plain caufe, and commonly the firft, of our halthalting... | |
| Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 470 pages
...xxiv. 30 ;/ went by the Field of the Jlothful, and by the Vineyard of the man void of under/landing ; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and Nettles had covered the JvzttS E RM. thereof, and the Stone-Wall thereof was XIII. broken down ; — So jkall tky Poverty come... | |
| Gentleman - Conduct of life - 1744 - 488 pages
...went (fays Solomon) by the Field of tint Slothful, and the Vineyard of the Man void of Underftanding ; and lo ! it was -all grown over with Thorns, and Nettles had covered tbt Face thereof; -and the Stone Walls thereof vert broken down. To raife the Image ot this Perfon,... | |
| George Berkeley - Church and state - 1752 - 280 pages
...tbejlothful, and by the Vineyard of the Man void ef Under/landing, and lol it was all grown over with ttorns, and Nettles had covered the Face thereof \ and the Stone Wall thereof was broken down *. ,In every Road the ragged Enfigns of Poverty are difplayed ; you often meet Caravans of Poor, whole... | |
| Thomas Stackhouse - Christian life - 1760 - 370 pages
...Abundance, fo he is left naked and defencelefs to every one that comes in his Way. Iwent, fays Solomon, by the Field of the Slothful, and by the Vineyard of the Man void of Under/landing ; afid lo ! it wtis all grown over with Thorns, and Nettles had covered the Face thereof:... | |
| Pleasant art - Formulas, recipes, etc - 1782 - 126 pages
...gives us his own obfervation upon fuch a man, in thefe words: I went by the field cf the Jlothfid, and lo it was all grown over with thorns,, and nettles had covered the fice thereof: — -- then I faw, anil confidered it well; I looked upon it, and received inftruttion:... | |
| Thomas Harmer - Bible - 1787 - 568 pages
...: " I went by the field of the flothful, and by " the vineyard of the man void of under" ftanding; and lo, it was all grown over " with thorns, and nettles had covered the " face thereof, and the ftone-wall thereof " was broken down," Prov. xxiv. 30, 31. It mould feem it was anciently, as it is... | |
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