...instance of the ant : Go to the ant, thou sluggard (says that wisest of kings and moral writers), consider her ways, and be wise, which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I may also further observe to you, that if you lavish what you have to spare, you rob...

...cannot definitely say ; the oft-quoted passage in the Bible, ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ' ways and be wise ; which, having no guide, overseer^...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her 'food in the harvest' (Prov. vi. 6-8 ; see also xxx. 25), has been generally supposed to imply that the Jews...

...and stingeth like an adder. On Industry and Sloth. Proverbs. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little...

...thee a froward mouth, and perverse /?/>.? put far from thee. Go to the «»/, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise : Which, having no guide, overseer,...provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her focd in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet...

...his youth, he hitnselfe termes it the Moother." Ritson. s We 'II set thee to school to an ant, &c.] " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, (says Solomon) learn...over-seer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and £", tnereth her food in the Vutrve^t." By this allusion more is meant than is expressed. If,saysthe...

...winter ; but these things are man's duty ; as Prov. vi. 6. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : Which, having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." And chap. x. 5. &c. " He that gaihereth in summer is a wise son ; but he that sleepeth...

...winter ; but these things are man's duty ; as Prov. vi. 6. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : Which, having no guide, overseer,...provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her in the harvest." And chap. x. 5. &c. " He that gathereth in summer is a wise son ; but he that sleepeth...

...of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. (t] Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise; which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (») Eph. 4. »8. ((.) E»od. 10 9. (p) Rom. n. 10, i*. (5) \ Eccles. n. 6. (»•) i...

...to-day, should not be put off till to-morrow." — Anonymous. Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise ; which, having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. — Prav. vi. 6, 7,8. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day...

...ambushed foe." From this hubbub of words pass to the original. " Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer,...her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little...