| Robert Southey - Christian life - 1829 - 478 pages
...MORE. " 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." MONTESINOS. Solomon may seem indeed in that picture to have emblemed... | |
| George Johnston - Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) - 1829 - 636 pages
...desolation. " 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." IV. POLYANDRIA. 271. MYIUOPHYLLUM. 1. M. spicatum, stem round,... | |
| Robert Southey - Christian life - 1829 - 478 pages
...MORE. " 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." MONTESINOS. Solomon may seem indeed in that picture to have emblemed... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 442 pages
...thing. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard nf the man void of understanding ; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof. Proverbt. Arrived at full growth or stature. I saw lately a pair of China shoes, which I was told were... | |
| Robert Frothingham - Voyages around the world - 1925 - 432 pages
...with profit: 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. Then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it and received... | |
| American essays - 1904 - 966 pages
...sage : " 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. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received... | |
| American essays - 1909 - 872 pages
...by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, lo. it 112 was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." And yet the owner of this land was not " slothful " in the sense... | |
| American essays - 1909 - 900 pages
...by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, lo, it 112 was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." And yet the owner of this land was not " slothful " in the sense... | |
| 1946 - 396 pages
...senses. 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. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received... | |
| Barbara M. Bowen - Religion - 1943 - 132 pages
...chapter, is a perfect description of the poor fellaheen today. "I went by the field of the slothful, — and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down." And the owners are too indolent to do anything about it. Solomon surely... | |
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