 If thou wouldst get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him. For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.  London Society - Page 519edited by - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Edward Kimpton - Bible - 1813 - 536 pages
...self-interested friend thus beautifully described: " Ifthou wouldst eet (says he) a friend, prove him first, aud be not hasty to credit him : for some man is a friend...to enmity and strife, will discover thy reproach." On this subject there is a very striking passage in Ovid, the translation of which runs thus: Those,... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; understand first, and then rebuke. 7. If thou wouldest' get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him ; for some men are friends for their own occasions, and will not abide in the day of trouble. 8. Forsake not an... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...humour) has he described the behaviour of a treacherous and self- interested friend ! ' If thou wouldst get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to...friend, who being turned to enmity and strife will dis* # Ecclus. vi, 5, 6. J cover thy reproach.' Again, ' Some friend is a companion at the table, and... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 322 pages
...recommended. " Be in peace with many, nevertheless have but one .counsellor of a thousand. If thou wonldst get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to...his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of trouble. And there is a friend, who, being turned to enmity and strife, will discover thy reproach."... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Freemasonry - 1819 - 390 pages
...men, says the wise son of Sirach, are friends for their own occasion, and will not abide in the day of trouble : and there is a friend, who being turned to enmity and reproach, will discover thy re* Ut — comes radios persolis euntibus umbra, Cum latet hie pre^us nubibus,... | |
 | Hester Chapone - 1821 - 358 pages
...vi. " Be in peace with many, nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand. — If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to...his own occasion, and will not abide, in the day of trouble.' And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity and strife, will discover thy reproach."... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1821 - 322 pages
...hasty to credit him ; for some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of trouble. And there is a friend, who, being turned to enmity and strife, will discover thy reproach." — Ecclus. vi. Again, " some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...humour) has he de-scribed the behaviour of a treacherous and self-interested friend ! ' If thou wouldcst %x % is_a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction : but in thy prosperity... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...greetings. Be in peuce with many : nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand. < If thou wouidest get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him. 140 Anil there is a friend who being turned to enmity and strife, will discover thy reproach. Again,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Blame not before thou hast examined the truth ; understand first, and then rebuke. If thou wouldst get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him ; for some men are friends for their own occasions, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble. Forsake not... | |
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