 | 1611 - 360 str.
...shall reward thee. The north wind driveth away rain: So doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country. A righteous man falling down... | |
 | 1809 - 556 str.
...tell such lies, if they were not greedily received. See Arg. [h] Ver. 24. It is better to dwcllin a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a wide house.] It is more desirable (as was said before, xxi. 9.) to dwell poorly, inconveniently, and alone in the... | |
 | James Fordyce - 1809 - 332 str.
...wrath, and anger, and clamour, " and evil speaking, and all malice !" " it is " better, says Solomon, to dwell in the corner of " the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a " wide house ;" he might have added, or in a magnificent palace. In so doing, he would have probably... | |
 | 1814 - 262 str.
...of the woman keeps the house in a perpetual flame ; and J "Muliere nil est pejus, atque etiam bona." Nothing is worse than a woman, even than the best...satirical : " The concern," he says, " that some women she\v at the absence of their husbands, does not arise from their desire of seeing and being with them,... | |
 | 1814 - 568 str.
...perpetual flame; and " Muliere nil est pejus, atque etiam bond." Nothing is worse than a woman, even thaa the best of them. "It is better," Solomon says, "...satirical : " The concern," he says, " that some women she\v at the absence of their husbands, does not arise from their desire of seeing and being with them,... | |
 | George Holden - 1819 - 538 str.
...do judgment. 8 The way of man is perverse and strange ; But as for the pure, his work is upright. 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the house-top, Than with a brawling woman in a common house. 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil ; Even his neighbour findeth no favour in... | |
 | 1819 - 948 str.
...away rain so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. 24 It is better to dwell in a corner 01 rvant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord ; and let 25 A* cold waters to a thirsty soul, sot's good news from a far country. 26 A righteous man falling... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 480 str.
...he offend not with his tongue," or he will find to his sorrow, if he marry a person of this stamp, " it is better to dwell in the corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." Those whom I would distinguish by the name of CAPRICORNUS, are a very considerate... | |
 | 1824 - 1004 str.
...wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue. 24 It is better to sit in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. 25 Jl> cold water to a thirsty soul, so <• good tidings from a far country. 26 A just... | |
 | 1850 - 428 str.
...Etings when disturbed. But an habitual frctter buzzes, if he don't sling, with or without provocation. " It is better to dwell in the corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide Louse." It is useless. It sets no broken bones, stops no ! leaks, gathers no spilt milk, cements no... | |
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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 
