 She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships, she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens.  English Girls: Their Place and Power - Page 138by Isabel Reaney - 1879 - 147 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 pages
...a jfeW and buycth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her /oj«j with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good'.her candle goetli not 0a/ by nighj. , ' 62 She stratcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1805 - 266 pages
...proportion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it ; with the fruit of her hands she plauteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandize is good: her candle gocth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her... | |
 | 1805 - 552 pages
...She girdeth her loins with flrength, and .firepgtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandife is good: her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the fpindle, and her. hands hold the diftaff. She ftretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, (he reacheth... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...by night ; she takes as much of the night as can. 19 conveniently be spared from necessary sleefi. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. Ladies of the highest quality in the east were thus em/iloyed, as we find from many passages in Homer,... | |
 | Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...to the inspection of an apostle. " She seekcth wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distan'. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She riseth also while it... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1806 - 460 pages
...aims. She p'-rceiveth that her merchandize .is good : her candle goeth not out by night. She lay«th her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.....stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth foith her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household : for all her household... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...buyeih rt : with the fruit ot her hands fhe plauteth a vineyard. She perceiveth that her merchandize is good : her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the fpindle, and her hands hold the diftaff. 4. ...She is not afraid of the friow lor her houfehold ; for... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 334 pages
...household, and a portion to her maidens. " She considereth a field, and buyeth it ; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. •" She girdeth her loins with strength,' and strengthened! her arms. -" She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by... | |
 | James Fordyce - 1809 - 332 pages
...and utility that attend it, she prefers to all the decorations and delicacy of indolent beauty. 18. " She perceiveth that her merchandise is "good: her candle goeth not out by night." Her labour indeed she finds so wholesome, and her traffick so profitable, that she does not always... | |
 | 1810 - 340 pages
...'' She considered! a field, and buyeth it ; with the fruit of her hands she planleth a vineyard. T' She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth...her hands hold the distaff. " She stretcheth out her band to the poor ; yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. " She is not afraid ot the snow for... | |
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