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" Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. "
Horace: with notes by C. Girdlestone and W.A. Osborne - Page 167
by Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1848 - 12 pages
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The Literary Journal, Volume 1

1821 - 770 pages
...reproacheth his Maker:'' and can there be a more striking admonition to industry than " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her -ways and be wise; which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest" It is true that it was not within the inspired commission of Solomon (at least the Proverbs give us...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 1

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 pages
...reproacheth his Maker:" and can there be a more striking admonition to industry than " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise; which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." It is true that it was not within the inspired commission of Solomon (at least the Proverbs give us...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 512 pages
...it 4 We'll set thee to school to an ant, &c.] " Go to the ant. thou sluggard, (says Solomon,) learn her ways, and be wise; which having no guide, over-seer,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." By this allusion more is meant than is expressed. If, says the Fool, you had been schooled by the ant,...
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Exposition of the Book of Proverbs, Volume 1

George Lawson - Bible - 1821 - 480 pages
...ashamed of his »illy excuses. Another reason we find assigned by Solomon in this place. Ver. 7, 8. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. The bees are a very industrious people, but they have a queen to require their labour, and if she dies...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 1

1821 - 772 pages
...there be a more striking admonition to industry than " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her waits and be wise ; which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in tlte summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." It is true that it was not within the inspired...
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THE BIBLE CATECHISM

W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...To what insect does Solomon send the sluggard to learn foresight and industry ? Go to the ant thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (6 Pr. 6, 7, 8.) 9. Is the love of sleep opposed to diligence? Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty,...
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A Summary of Christian Faith and Practice Confirmed by References to the ...

E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil thereof. Prov. vi. 6—8. Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise ; which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 2 Thess. iii. 10 — 12. For even when we were with you this we commanded you, that if any would nut...
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The Sunday School Spelling Book

Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Go to the ant thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be M'ise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, . provideth...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and lo,...
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The English reading book, in prose

William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...both the other. Good men are happy both in life and death ; the wicked in neither. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise ; which having no guide, overseer, nor ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou...
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The Bible Catechism, Arranged in Forty Divisions: All the Answers to the ...

1823 - 154 pages
...To what insect does Solomon send the sluggard, to learn foresight and industry* Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise ; which,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (6Pr.6,7,8.) 9. Is the love of sleep opposed to diligence ? Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty...
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