 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 pages
...upon it and received instruction. Yet a little 'sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.' But, 7. Intemperance is by far the greatest and the most horrible of all the causes of pauperism, in... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 pages
...awake out of sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to eleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. xx. 13. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shall be satisfied with... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; and thy want as an armed man. — xxiv. 30 — 34. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the streets.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 368 pages
...wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.' Proverhs, chap. vi. One more quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's Verses supposed to he... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. [Prov. vi. 6-11. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold 1 therefore shall he beg in harvest,... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1837 - 596 pages
...remind me of that warning word, " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." Common observation, guided by the past experience of ages, with the merest superficial knowledge of... | |
 | Edward Pelham BRENTON - 1837 - 260 pages
...given to change, 33. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. CHAJ>. xxv. Ver. 17. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, lest he be weary of thee, and so... | |
 | John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...thou arise out of thy sleep' ? Yet a little sleep', a little slumber ' , a little folding of the hands to sleep': So shall thy poverty ' come as one that travelleth', and thy want ' as an armed man', xx. 13, Love not sleep/, lest thou come to poverty': open thine eyes', and thou shalt be satisfied... | |
 | Edward Bury - 1838 - 194 pages
...upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; and thy want as an \rmed man," that is, unexpectedly and irresisti>ly. Idleness is the nurse of beggary, the moher of... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep : 1 1 H G 13 Ë naughty person, a wicked man, Walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, He speaketh... | |
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