 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
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1839 - 1066 pages
...There be four tilings vhich are litlle on tho earth, but they orccx'eiïing wise; ^ " 25. The onta arc a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer. "26. The conies nrc but a feeblo folk, yet they make thcirhouscs in the roeka. "27. The brust! Vinveno... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 646 pages
...summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest," Prov. vi. 6-8. Another writer describes the ants as "a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer," Prov. xxx. 25. From what is apparently stated in these texts, it has been commonly supposed that the... | |
 | Calvin Ellis Stowe - Education - 1839 - 138 pages
...summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." " There be four things which are little on the earth, bat 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 no king,... | |
 | Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...meat; 23 For an odious woman when she is married ; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24 them suddenly, and they came to pass. 4 Because I knew that thou art f obstinate, : * H,eb- *?•"• v rr<i & i made uue. 2o * Ine ants are a people not kchap. 6.6. strong, yet they... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - American literature - 1839 - 188 pages
...to inspire me with the desire, as far as I can, to go and do likewise." CHAPTER VII. A TRUE STORY. " The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their meat in summer." AMONG " father's families," as Mary had called those who were the particular subjects of her... | |
 | Emma Catherine Embury - Children's literature - 1839 - 328 pages
...unto others as we would have others do unto us." The heart of the selfish man was touched. " There be things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise," murmured he, as he bade the little girl goodnight, and entered his house, a sadder, and it is to be... | |
 | Denis Ignatius Moriarty - 1840 - 972 pages
...small regard to any paltry interest of my own, in this affair. As the sapient King Solomon saith,— ' The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; the coneys are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks,'—so I, even I, were... | |
 | 1868 - 414 pages
...providing for the future. The writer who recommended sluggards to visit this establishment says, " the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ;"' conduct which we cannot but approve whether we carry the rule into practice or not. We all deem... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...chapters. The last but one contains the words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, and in that chapter Agur says, " There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise." They are ants, conies, locusts, and spiders. The Revised Version has killed the poor spider, and put... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 pages
...unceasing diligence to the slothful. (Prov. 6. 6.) Solomon calls the ants " exceeding wise," for though "a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." He therefore sends the sluggard to these little creatures, to learn wisdom, foresight, care, and diligence.... | |
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