...hands hold " the distaff." " Put away from thee a froward " mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let " thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids " look straight before thee." Eloquence was of a later date than the art of literary composition ; for, till the latter was improved,...

...the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. "25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand...

...chap. xiv. 15. And, " keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life — — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thce. Ponder the path of thy feet,' and let all thy paths be established," chap. iv. 23, 25, 26. This...

...tantamount to a heavenly command : and, no doubt, Shakspeare had the Proverb in view, which says, — " Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before:" Those who frown cannot do this; therefore, their brows obey not the heavens. The King, as we subsequently...

...is a certain temperate mean, in the observance of which piety and virtue consist. On each side there lies a dangerous extreme. Bewildering paths open ;...exhortation in the text. Let thine eyes look right on, and thine eye-lids look straight fief ore thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy nays be established....

...is a certain temperate mean, in the observance of which piety and virtue consist. On each side there lies a dangerous extreme. Bewildering paths open,...which, men are apt to forfeit all the praise of their * Psalm ci. 2. y 4 good intentions; and to finish with reproach, what they had begun with honour. This...

...our ways, to our words, to our thoughts. Ponder the path of thy feet, says Solomon ; and before that, Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids look straight before thee. And further, Put away a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. But first of all, as the...

...baneful influence may have spread ? The commandment of God must also give direction to our eyes. Ver. 25. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Sincere views in the course of our life to the great end of our being is a necessary part of religion,...

...is a certain temperate mean, in the observance of which piety and virtue consist. On each side there lies a dangerous extreme. Bewildering paths open,...which, men are apt to forfeit all the praise of their * Psalm ci. 2. good intentions ; and to finish with reproach, what they had begun with honour. This...

...straight path of duty. " I have taught thee in the way of wisdom, I have led thee in the right paths. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids look straight before thee. Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left."* Those, on the contrary, who have not a " single eye,"...