 | William Stephen Gilly - Bible - 1848 - 278 pages
...thus : — " Melh es seser al canton del colme que cum la fenna tanczonosa en la meison communa." " It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." Proverbs xxi. 9. " Melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa, et in domo communi."... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1868 - 288 pages
...he could do," and thus he gained the cause. BIBLICAL TBEA8UBY. EGYPIIAN HOUSE. Proverbs xid. 9. — "IT is BETTER TO DWELL IN A CORNER OF THE HOUSETOP THAN WITH A BRAWLING WOMAN IN A WIDE HOUSE." 2011. The Corner of the Housetop.— Although it is very common in the East for people who sleep on... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - Wales - 1848 - 478 pages
...service; and probably the Duke often agreed with Solomon, that " it is better to dwell in a cornti of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." It is a well-known story, that when tie Duke once hesitated to take some medicine prescribed for him,... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 1188 pages
...only had the text. Minister. — Oh, if a text is what you want, I will furnish that. Take this one, from Solomon: "It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than in a wide house with a brawling woman." Parishioner. — Do you mean me, sir? Minister. — Oh, my... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...ii froward and strange : Irai ai for the pure, his work is right. Л i» better to dwell in a comer @ + Tl> soul of the wicked desireth fil : his neighbour findeth no fatour in his eyes. When the scorner... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1850 - 452 pages
...master could overlook his household; as Sir Gardiner Wilkinson remarks, it calls to mind the proverb : "It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." The shops were either open stalls similar to those in an eastern bazaar, or else mere booths in the... | |
 | David Masson - 1850 - 444 pages
...is |^ the little chamber on the roof, the = rooms below being used for goods. In Proverbs xxi. 9, ' It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top than with a brawling woman in a wide honse,' there may be an allusion to this, the style of lodging used, we suppose, by single farm-servants,... | |
 | Child rearing - 1851 - 596 pages
...curiosity, " What does this mean? " "Mean!" repeated the man; "it means that 'it is better to dwell in the corner of the house-top than with a brawling woman in a wide house.' " WHILE over life's wide darkling plain Unheedingly we roam, Through many a path of joy and pain, .... | |
 | Child rearing - 1851 - 436 pages
...curiosity, " What does this mean? " "Mean!" repeated the man; "it means that 'it is better to dwell in the corner of the house-top than with a brawling woman in a wide house.' " WHILE over life's wide darkling plain Unheedingly we roam, Through many a path of joy and pain, REVERIES... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pages
...do judgment. 8. The way of man is froward and strange ; but as for the pure, his work is right. 9. It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. 10. The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. 11. When the... | |
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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. 
