...what a day may bring forth. Prov. xxvii. 1. Open rebuke is better than secret love. Prov. xxvii. 5. A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Prov. xxvii. 15. The wicked flee when no man pursueth. Proc. xxviii. 1. Give me neither poverty nor...

...blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curie to him. A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. Iron...

...vncleen dooth maculate The finest vesture that any man weres, "With colde and wet the body deres.2 IT Euen so a woman litigious Disquieteth an whole houshould...Bunting, Sat on the house easing, With a bow and a bolt." And who so he be, that in his house Entendeth to keep a woman skolde, 920 The wintle that bloweth bothe...

...vncleen dooth maculate The finest vesture that any man weres, With colde and wet the body deres.2 IT Euen so a woman litigious Disquieteth an whole houshould...casings, ie the eaves of a house — " Little boy Banting, Sat on the house easing, With a bow and a bolt." Booke ofMeery Riddles, 1629. * ie injures....

...course, a great inconvenience. It was this probably which suggested to Solomon the well-known proverb : * In Damascus Jews and Christians were formerly not allowed to ride on horses, (Prov. xxvii. 15) — that is, they are equally intolerable, and drive a man out of the house, or if...

...letters of Curuline F. Cornu-aU'u. Triibncr. cation is to enlarge the range of vision. Solomon snys : ' A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike ; ' and we acknowledge the aptness of his illustration still. A man goes out to his business, and enters...

...tried; for this, instead of doing them a service, many times proves their ruin. — Bp. Patrick. 16 A. continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. 10 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself....

...his illustration of a contentious woman in the next chapter should be taken from the opposite element 1 — "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. " EC Perhaps he thought the sooner they were brought together, the quicker the contention would cease...

...dictates as to what he shall preach. A few Sundays since he took his text from Proverbs, xxvii. 15, "A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike." The sermon lasted for half an hour. Not being a woman, I did not take it to myself, but it was strong,...

...saying, ' Thy will be done.' " CHAPTER VI. MAETHA FINDS THE COALS HEAVIER. SOLOMON said truly that "a continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike ;" but, if I had my choice, I would of the two very much prefer the rainy day. I think Martha would...