| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion. Give meany plague, but the plague of the heart : and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman: I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman. The wickedness... | |
| 1822 - 184 pages
...is the beginning of his love; and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him. Give me any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman : I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman. The wickedness... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1861 - 864 pages
...for Horace, and most heartily repenting my own meddling. The sage has well said, " Give me any plague but the plague of the heart, and any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman." It is perhaps according to human nature that Horace should have received my account very ill : he flew... | |
| John (pilgrim, pseud) - 1863 - 110 pages
...experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory. 36. A man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart; and any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman. Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. 37. As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet... | |
| 1871 - 270 pages
...things for illumination : he that holdeth it, whereto shall he bo likened ? a [Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman : " and any affliction, but the Ħi lil id inn from them that hate me: and any revenge, but the revenge... | |
| James Ridgway (B.D.) - 1877 - 238 pages
...the beginning of His love : and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him. " Give me any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman: " And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me : and any revenge, but the revenge... | |
| 1888 - 588 pages
...A few specimens will sufficiently indicate the reasons for the omission : — " Give me any plague but the plague of the heart, and any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman, . , . All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman : let the portion of a sinner fall... | |
| 1894 - 202 pages
...the Lord passeth all things : He that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?i 13 Give me any plague but the plague of the heart ; And any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman ; 14 Any calamity, but a calamity from them that hate me ; And any vengeance, but the vengeance of... | |
| Richard Green Moulton - 1899 - 224 pages
...things : He that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? iv The Wrath of an Enemy An Epigram Any plague but the plague of the heart ; And any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman ; Any calamity but a calamity from them that hate me ; And any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies.... | |
| Richard Green Moulton - 1896 - 260 pages
...: He that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened ? ir The Wrath of an Enemy An Epigram Any plague but the plague of the heart ; And any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman ; Any calamity but a calamity from them that hate me ; And any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies.... | |
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