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" It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. "
Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 425
edited by - 1863
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A Guide to English Composition, Or One Hundred and Twenty Subjects Analysed ...

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 pages
...better. — Harris. ' . • He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. — Prov. xi. 29. It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. — Prov. xxi. 9. see ver. 19. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiSeth to obey his mother,...
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Yankee-notions, Volume 3

American wit and humor, Pictorial - 1854 - 398 pages
...parson, " I will furnish you that Take this one." " It is better to dwell in the corner of a house top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." " Do you mean me, sir ?" inquired the lady quickly. "0, my good woman," was the grave response, "you will never make a good sermonizer ; you are...
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The Jordan and the Rhine: Or, The East and the West. Being the Result of ...

William Graham - Apologetics - 1854 - 608 pages
...refreshing; in the rainy season, however, and in high winds, it reminds you of Solomon's preference : " It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling-woman in a wide house," (Prov. xxi. 9), and " A continual dropping in a very rainy day and...
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Le trésor national; or, Guide to the translation of English into French at ...

Alain Auguste Victor de Fivas - 1855 - 156 pages
...art. 7- Every' 2wise Hvoman buildeth her house ; but the foolish plucketh it down with* her hands. 8. It is better* to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a "brawling 'woman in a wide' house. * ecoute. ° enseignement. d se hate de le chdtier. f Eternel. e lui est agreable. bpeu, avec justice....
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The National Preacher, Volumes 29-30

Religion - 1855 - 550 pages
...continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike," Prov. xxvii. 15 ; and that " it is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house," Prov. xxi. 9 ; a remark which is as applicable to a fretful passionate husband, as to a wife, and in...
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Travels in Europe and the East: A Year in England, Scotland, Ireland...

Samuel Irenæus Prime - Europe - 1855 - 456 pages
...over a far larger part of the town than if made in the highways. Solomon says in Proverbs, xxi. 9, " It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house;" and as if he felt the force of the illustration, or the peculiar distress of a man afflicted with such...
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other ...

Church of England - 1855 - 844 pages
...to do judgment. The way of man t> froward and strange : but at for the pure, his work it right It it A The soul of the wicked desireth evil : his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. When the scorner...
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On the Lessons in Proverbs: Being the Substance of Lectures Delivered to ...

Richard Chenevix Trench - Bible - 1855 - 176 pages
...belong to one of these classes, some to the other. Thus Solomon has said, "It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house" (Prov. xxi. 9) ; and again, " Better a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices...
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Comic Metamorphoses: Being a Perfect Encyclopedia of Fun and Humor, and ...

William Valentine - American wit and humor - 1856 - 302 pages
...old landlady rated me — why ? I couldn't pay, and left. 'Cause why ! an't it better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house ? But I an't got a house-top; but if I had, a corner wouldn't be safe, would it ? ' I'ma desp'rit man....
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 10-14

Baptists - 1856 - 790 pages
...had the text." " Ob, if a text is all yon want," said the preacher, " I will furnish that. Take this, from Solomon : — ' It is better to dwell in a corner...than with a brawling woman in a wide house.' " " Do yon mean me, sir ?" inquired the lady, quickly. " Oh, my good woman," was the sober response, " you...
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