.../—As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. PSALM ciii. ANT. The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer. ANSWER. By the eternal God! whose name and power Thou tremblest at, answer that I shall ask ! 2 HENRY...

...fertile regions." "True, dear Reginald," she replied, "therefore did the wise man say in days of old, ' The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare...feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.' " A little further onward, the pass was overhung by an enormous cliff, from the top of which a bighorn...

...creature, except man, that has constructed a door turning on hinges. Never give up a good Thing. ' THERE be four things which are little upon the earth,...the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare,' &c. Prov. 30. "There was no feature more remarkable in the character of Timour* than his extraordinary...

...crossing our path. Diminutive as it is, Solomon speaks of it as one of the four things upon earth which are exceeding wise : — ' The ants are a people not...strong, Yet they prepare their meat in the summer.' Prov. xxx. 25. For its industry he selects it to impart a fine reproof to the slothful : — ' Go to...

...mistress. 24 There be four things ichich arc little upon the earth, but they are ex ceedingwise: 26 the king in the feast which was jn the seventh month. 4 And all ti.:e suiT.mer; 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks ; 27 The...

...allusion is here made ; and it is also referred to by Solomon, (Prov. xxx. 26,) " The sbaphans arc but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks." It is evident from these words, that the shaphan is gregarious. What particular animal then is indicated...

...foundations! And by all •x!i, how merited is the reproof found in the sage observation of ."•.,-,'ir, "The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks." The animal just mentioned — the cony — is about the size of an English rabbit, of a dark reddish colour....

...been obtruded into the text at an early period as it is referred to by Clemens of Alexandria. tints are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." The ceaseless motion which pervades all nature is a visible and ever-present protest against indolence....

...prorideth her meat in sommer, and gathereth her food in the harrost." — Proeerbs, ri. 6, 7, 8. " The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in sommer." — Ch. xxx. r. 24. as a strong confirmation of the aneient opinion : it can, however, relate...

...the " four " kinds of animals, which, though " little upon the earth, are exceeding wise. The tries are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks." Prov. xxx. 26. They who in themselves are "feeble" and helpless, should look out betimes for a mountain...