| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| |