 | Francis Quarles - 1806 - 478 pages
...shall 1 do > Lest I be too much tost On worldly crosses, Lord, let me be crost. Paov. PHOV. xxvL 11. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. OI am wounded ! and my wounds do smart Beyond my patience, or great Chiron's art ; I yield, I yield... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...to man my Stultifera Navis. (259) SECTION LX. • OF FOOLS WHOSE LABOUR CONSTITUTES THEIR PLEASURE. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. To rise at dawn this fool takes pains ; Tho' not to stock his silly brains, And boast bright wisdom's... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Satire, English - 1807 - 330 pages
...Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION LX. OF FOOLS WHOSE LABOUR CONSTITUTES THEIR PLEASURE. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. To rise at dawn this fool takes pains; Tho' not to stock his silly brains, And boast bright wisdom's... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...fools. 10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. 1 1 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there u more hope of a fool than oT him. 13 The slothful... | |
 | James A. Maitland - 1816 - 330 pages
...of New York. CHAPTER XVIII. CHARLES EDWARDS' PROGRESS TOWARDS KEFOKMATION, AHD SUBSEQUENT RELAPSE. " As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly." PROVERBS. GEORGE HARTLEY faithfully fulfilled the promise he had made to Mrs. Edwards. It is a difficult... | |
 | George Holden - Bible - 1819 - 538 pages
...The great God that formed all tilings, Both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth the transgressors. 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit; •So a fool returneth to his folly. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. 13 The slothful... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Dogs - 1829 - 590 pages
...better than a dead lion." Solomon, in Proverbs xxiv. 11., compares a fool to a dog ; for, says he, " As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly." The same comparison is made in 2d Peter, ii. chap. 22d verse. The Evangelists record various sayings... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...ix. 7> 8. Speak not in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Pr. xxiii. 9. on, Pr. xxvi. 11. When the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 20 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1834 - 466 pages
...especially cut to the heart, to think of my ingratitude to the Lord,^ who had called me into his * " As a dog returneth to his vomit ; so a fool returneth to his folly." Prov. xxvi. 11. T " I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man... | |
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As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. 
