 | William Huntington - 1804 - 606 pages
...work. " The words of a wise man's mouth are.graeions. bnt the lip» of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness" — Eccl. x. 12, 13, which I am satisfied will affect none so much as himself.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself ; bring ¡3 him to trouble and sometimes to death. The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness ; he works himsttfufi into a heat, and then says what doth mischief to others,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious ; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words : a man cannot tell what shall be ; and what... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...and reputation, and, as it were, to eat up himself, Prov. xix. 28 ; Prov. xii. 13 ; Rom. iii. 13. 13. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness ; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. The emphasis of the former verse is lier* further illustrated, that every one... | |
 | Jacob Kerr - 1814 - 424 pages
...sworn to the truth before the presbytery, and should not make himself a liar by eertifying an untruth. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of bis talk is misehievous madness. Eeel. x, 13. When Samuel Kikendall, Esq. was examining witnesses before... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pages
...void of understanding. A fool layeth open his folly. A fools voice is known by the multitude of words. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness : and the end of his talk is mischievous vanity. A fool uttereth all his mind : but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness : and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words : a man cannot tell what shall be ; and what... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 298 pages
...agent himself, the incendiary and his kindling combustibles, had been already sketched by Solomon, with the rapid yet faithful outline of a master in the...foolishness and the end of his talk mischievous madness.' EccfeG ( 12 ) siastes, x. 13. If in the spirit of Prophecy,* the wise Ruler had been present to our... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 184 pages
...agent himself, the incendiary and his kindling combustibles, had been already sketched by Solomon, with the rapid yet faithful outline of a master in the...foolishness and the end of his talk mischievous madness,' Ecclesiastes, x. 13. If in the spirit of Prophecy,* the wise Ruler had been present to our own times,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 190 pages
...agent himself, the incendiary and his kindling combustibles, had been already sketched by Solomon, with the rapid yet faithful outline of a master in the...foolishness and the end of his talk mischievous madness.' EccleG siastes, x. 13. If in the spirit of Prophecy,* the wise Ruler had been present to our own times,... | |
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The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 1 3 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 
