 She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are in her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 206by Alexander Hill Everett - 1845 - 563 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - Art - 1857 - 268 pages
...fulfilling in all ways the Wise Man's description, whether of the queenly housewife or queenly nation. " She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.... | |
 | American essays - 1914 - 1066 pages
...seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. . . . She bringeth her food from afar. She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she... | |
 | Women - 458 pages
...supposed by Solomon that she must neglect these duties. " Her household was clothed in scarlet. She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, her clothing is silk and purple.... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1859 - 496 pages
...people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity." " She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - French fiction - 1859 - 454 pages
...poor and the virtuous woman. " She sceketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands; she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens; she is clothed in beauty. : her children rise up and call her blessed... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1859 - 504 pages
...people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity." " She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.... | |
 | Friedrich Strauss - Jews - 1859 - 496 pages
...worketh willingly with her hands; She is like the merchants' ships, She bringeth her food from afar; She riseth while it is yet night, And giveth meat to her household and tasks to her maidens. She considerelh a field and buyeth it, With the fruit of her hands she planteth... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 782 pages
...description of a virtuous woman: u She seeketh wool and flax and worketh diligently with her hands; she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household; she girdeth her loins with strength, and strengthened her arms; shelayeth her hands to the spindle, and... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 792 pages
...description of a virtuous woman: "She seeketh wool and fliw and worketh diligently with her hands; she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household ; she girdeth her loins with strength, and strengthened her arms ; she layeth her hands to the spindle, and... | |
 | Hubbard Winslow - Ethics - 1862 - 502 pages
...diligently with her hands. She is like the merchant's ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she stretcheth out... | |
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