 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 378 pages
...gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of the sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travail ct h, and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs, chap. vi. One more quotation, and I have done.... | |
 | 1832 - 220 pages
...slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." This is the snare; and what is the consequence ? "So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." Sloth is the ensnaring Delilah; but her Philistine accomplices are behind the curtain watching their... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 596 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man"." Through his neglect of the proper means, not only does he fail to be enriched ; but he loses what he... | |
 | Robert Sanderson - 1833 - 100 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...one that travelleth ; and thy want as an armed man." " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor... | |
 | 1833 - 94 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, — and thy want as an armed man." Industry will make difficult things easy ; it will add... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 pages
...or rather repetition, ch. xxiv. 34. ' A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.' It is evident that the writer means to denote the speed and rapidity of the approaches of penury ;... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well, I looked upon it and received instruction. Yet a little 'sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...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,...lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shall be satisfied with bread. xxiii. 21. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. xxvi. 14. As the... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1834 - 298 pages
...guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ! When wilt thou...thy sleep '? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep 7 So shall thy poverty come like one that travelleth, and thy... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O slpggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little...one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. — Proverbs vi. 6 — 1 1. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand ; but the hand of the diligent... | |
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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. 
