| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...return upon him. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. He thatjustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...than from the flying of a bird over his head ; 3 it fixes no where e.Trept upen him that uttered it. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back ; a foolish wicked man must be taught and restrained by se4 теге method» ; no others will do.... | |
| Sir Richard Colt Hoare - Ireland - 1807 - 474 pages
...STULTIFERA NAV1S; Qua omnium mortalium narratur Stultilia, THE MODERN SHIP OF FOOLS. jERE PERENNIUS. A Whip for the Horse, a Bridle for the Ass, and a Rod for the Fool'i Back. SOLOMON. NB This Work is printed elegantly in Foolscap Octavo, price Eight Shillings,... | |
| James Beresford - English wit and humor - 1807 - 332 pages
...frontispiece, STULTIFERA MAVIS, Qua omnium Mortalium narratur stultina. THE SHIP OF FOOLS. jErae Perennius. A Whip for the Horse, a Bridle for the Ass, and a Rod for the Fools Back. Printed for William Miller, Albemark Strtef. fcir. JUL ... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 584 pages
...horse or mule, having no understanding, or, as is fully expressed in the xxvilh chapter of Proverbs, A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod fur the fuel's hack. As I take it, my Lord, the word fool has a moral sense also, and signifies a scoundrel... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...fool. 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 3 ki J 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 602 pages
...horse or mule, having no understanding, or, as is fully expressed in the xxvith chapter of Proverbs, A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. As I take it, my Lord, the word fool has a moral sense also, and signifies a scoundrel as well as a... | |
| John Monk (of Chester, England.) - Elections - 1810 - 118 pages
...taken, so applica. ble to your vain boasts, and where you will find npon record, for your instruction, " a whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool'* back."— The truths contained there are plain, he that runs may read, and in the study of them,... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 472 pages
...and poison under their lips. Q. Who is the good shepherd ? A. Jesus Christ. THE TEXTS. Prov. xxvi. 3. A bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. See also Job xi. 12. Acts xx. 29. Grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...wisdom of this world in a pulpit, only exalteth folly; and God will visit it with a rod. He keeps " a whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back." I deny not but a man of gifts and learning may be of use to inform a person's judgment, or to explain... | |
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