 Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!  Self Culture - Page 8801895Full view - About this book
 | George Bull - 1827 - 514 pages
...present affliction. The prophet Isaiah from God denounces a woe against these men, chap. v. 11, 12. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink ; that continue till night, till wine inflame them ! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, are in their... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1827 - 156 pages
...loose change of the way-faring man, or the fool who heeds not the warning voice of the Prophet — Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink. Our wary Landlord, therefore, if he be not a Free Mason — if he has never known the mysterious sensations... | |
 | Michael Thomas Sadler - 1828 - 496 pages
...benevolence, and the assertor of the rights of unprotected poverty, have been utterly disregarded. " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth !" was the malediction of the sublimest of the prophets of Israel, a country thrice as densely peopled... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - 1828 - 354 pages
...— " A friend to God and an enemy to the priesthood." " Woe unto them,'' says the inspired Isaiah, " that join house to house, that lay field to field,...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. " Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. "... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...labour of man is for his mouth ; and yet the appetite (or soul) is not filled.— Eccles. vi. 2. 7. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, &c. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, &c. and the... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1828 - 300 pages
...cup, when it moveth itself aright. M the last it bitetft like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.3 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drinjc; that continue until nisjit, till wine inflame them! Jlnd the harp and the viol, the tabret... | |
 | 846 pages
...farther exposure of the business. Observe the villainy of the prophet Isaiah, who says, c. 5, v. 8. " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field ;" just as if men have not a right to invest their own money in whatever way they think proper:" but... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...add one to another in contiguity. The leading idea is union, whether applied to persons or things. T !7 K Gf ߯ Mn (/ n \8 Θ |8* _ 9j` 7 < 7 Itaiah Iviii. To couple ; to combine. In this faculty, repeating and joining together its ideas, the... | |
 | 1833 - 894 pages
...seek more ! in spite of the woe denounced against 'those who add house to house, and field to field, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth.' — One mistaken speculation, — your gold, and your diamonds, *W*]\ as the frost-work or gossamer... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 544 pages
...full estates, and brought them into contempt and trouble; and yet how common is the sin to this day? " Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink, that continue till night, till wine inflame them ; and the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in... | |
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