...Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. / went by the jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void...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 re* Pror....

...ground, (Gen. iii. 18.) and the keeping them under, a part of the labour imposed upon man. When Solomon " went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ;" — " lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone...

...gives us hJs own olwervation upon such a man, in. these words: / went by the field of the slothful— and lo it was all grown over with thorns,. and nettles had covered the face thereof: then I saw, and considered it well ; / looked upon it, and received instructions .'. y,et a little...

...are a lively counterpart of Solomon's description in the Proverbs : " I went (saith that wise king) by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, andlo! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles .had covered the face thereof, and the stone...

...and Flowers. BY WILLIAM COBBETT. " 1 went by the Held of the Slothful and by the vineyard of tho " man void of understanding : and, lo ! it was all grown over with " thorns, and nettles covered the face thereof, and the stone-wall " thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it...

...plough by reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest, and have nothing. I went by the Belt! of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : andlo! it wasallgrown over with thorns ; nettles had covered its face; and the stone wall was broken...

...following an opposite course, we heap them on our own, to our destruction. Ver. 30. / went by the jfield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. The sluggard is wise in his own conceit ; but in Solomon's judgment, sluggard is another name for a...

...guide, overseer, or ruler, . provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone Avail thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received...

...his whole situation. Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...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...

...the hands the house droppeth through. (10 EC. 18.) 16. Does the property of the slothful go to waste? I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the Etone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well, I looked upon it and received...