 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.  Nature - Page 193edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pages
...because the w»rk that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me, chap. ii. ver. 17. Dead files cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour, so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour, chap. I. ver. 1. 7<'ti memory... | |
 | 1803 - 512 pages
..." ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." Stratford, WN ON EVIL SPEAKING. f)ead files cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour ', so doth a little folly [disgrace'] him that is in reputation for -wisdom and honour. Eccles. xi... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...folly, IG Of riot, 18 slothfulness, ly and money. 20 Men's "thoughts of king's ought to be reverent. KAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart is at... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...bashfulness, are worthy of more respect, than the imperious loud clamours of him that rules among fools. X. 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a linking savour : so doth a little foliy him that is in reputation for ".risdom and honour. X. 2 A wise... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...treasures to maintain them, as well as give rise to oppressions and extortions upon the people, ver. ]9. 1. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. This verse is an illustration,... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1814 - 572 pages
...the lesson that Solomon teaches you from so contemptible a thing as a dead lly ; a few of them will " cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour, so does a little folly disgrace a man who is in reputation for wisdom and honour," Eccl. x. 1. The... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war : but one sinner destroyeth much good. • CHAP. X. DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart is at... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1815 - 260 pages
...interrupted by Moses, who, though naturally meek, yet rebuked the transgressors with pungent severity. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour, so doth a little folly, him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour; Eccles. x. 1. Therefore call... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 466 pages
...hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me, chap. ii. ver. 17. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation' for wisdom and honour, chap. x. ver. 1. The memory... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...fools. 18 Wisdom t* better than weapons of war : but one sinner destroyeth much good. CHAP. X. EAD y so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart is at... | |
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