 | 1784 - 50 Seiten
...PARTICULARLY TO THE READERS OF SHAKSPEARE. BvxTHJLRSITES LITERARIUS. HJL jra VERUM ATQUE DECENS. HOR. ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY, LEST HE BE WISE IN HIS OWN CONCEIT. PROV. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HENRY PAYNE, OPPOSITE TO MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, PALL-MALL. M-DCC-LXXXIV.... | |
 | 1813 - 996 Seiten
...the paradox of king Solomon, " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him : answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit," by observing, that " the defender of reirgion should not imitate the insulter of st, in his... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 Seiten
...methods ; no others will do. Answer not a fool according to 5 his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit ; do not answer every imfiertinent sfieech or accusation of a clamorous fool ; it is the better... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 Seiten
...malicious fashion wherein he provofceth thee, lest thou declare thyself to be as very a fool as he. XXVI. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. In a discreet and sober manner take up a fool roundly, and convince him of his absurd cavils... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 Seiten
...for the fool's back. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 ! conceit 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1810 - 244 Seiten
...matter what we do for we shall certainly be saved. To this objection it may be replied, Solomon says, " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit." It is believed the objector will have no reason to complain, if he be answered according... | |
 | Daniel McCalla, William Hollinshead - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...or two of Solomon's as sharp and cutting, I dare say, as any of the Spaniards, or any other people. "•Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. Seest thou a man wise in his owi conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him." That... | |
 | John Brown - 1810 - 642 Seiten
...v. 4. 1 Tim. vi. 9. Tit. iii. 9. 3R2 not a fool according to his folly, lest thou bt like unto him ; answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit : we ought never to answer a fool in a foolish manner, and sometimes not at all ; but it is... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 516 Seiten
...There are some exempt cases, wherein, as a good judge of human nature observes, Ridiculum acri fortius. A little well-placed raillery will pierce deeper than...perhaps a single sentence. And at others, it may be advisable to use no words at all ; but a gesture, a sigh, or a look. Particularly, when the person... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 404 Seiten
...HIS FOLLT. Prov. xxvi. 4, 5Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit, p. 61 b SERMON XXII. Preached before the King, in Lent, 1761. Prov. xiv. 9. Wools make -a... | |
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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 
