 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise : the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have...  Solomon's Little People: A Story about the Ants - Page 3by James Crowther - 1882 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Christian life - 1876 - 352 pages
...effort ; and it is often by a number of little persevering efforts that a great work is accomplished. " The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; the locusts have no king,... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...perfectly known in that country. Solomon favours us with a more detailed account of his character : " There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise ; the sephanim are a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks." This exactly corresponds with... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...non incauta futuri." I for. We find another allusion to the ant near the close of the same book : " The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.0 It is, according to the royal preacher, one of those things which are little upon the earth,... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...mistress. 24 There be four things which art little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25 h i j k tie bu miner ; 2(j The coui(!S are bat a feeble NOTE S— Chap. XXX. Con. Ver. 14. Wkatt terlli are... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1826 - 366 pages
...penury. Tell me not of those who talk most, but of those who do most. • • Chap. xxx. 24 — 28. There be four things which are little upon the earth,...strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer : the Conies* are a feeble flock, yet make they their houses in the rocks : the Locusts have no king,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...four things which are little upon the earth, bat they are J exceeding wise : j HC-I.. ««,-. 25 h The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare £ their meat in the summer ; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; 27 The locusts have... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...her bright robes the Jivtterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of .May. "—THOMSON. " The Ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their 'meat in the summer. — The Locusts ham no Icing, yet go they forth all of them by bands .• The Spider taketh hold with... | |
 | 1827 - 460 pages
...harvest." " 24. There be four thing* uhich are little on the earth but they are exceeding wise. " 25. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer. " 26. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks. " 27. The locusts... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...is filled with meat ; 13 For an odious it'oman when she is married, and an handmaid that ii heir 24 0;1; < ? =4@5@6@J@ 03 T = ? @ ? ? ? 9 @ @ 3 3 3 < =!= @ / - @ ?\@ @ @ : 25 The ants an a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the rammer : 26 The conies an... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1827 - 506 pages
...of foresight is given to the ant (apparently by a different writer from Solomon) in chap. xxx. 25. " The ants are a people not strong ; yet they prepare their meat in the summer." From these testimonies, and from many others among the ancients, we conclude, that in warmer climates,... | |
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