 | Mathew Carey - 1820 - 312 str.
...of the agriculturist, which shall illustrate the proverb, " Seest thou a man diligent in business; he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." To supersede the necessity of repetition, I would here observe, that the honour due to the husbandman... | |
 | Art - 1820 - 158 str.
...equal) gives such a high encomium to diligence, that he asks, Seeth thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before Kings.; he shall not stand before. mean men : as if he had said, such a man is worthy of the highest honour, and fit to be entrusted in the most... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 str.
...promote success? 6. Does industry promote advancement in life? Seest thon a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. (22 Pr. 29.) 7. How is the industry of the " virtuous woman" whose " price is far above rubies," described?... | |
 | 1842 - 622 str.
...to get work, if work is to be had, mid permanent too. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before Kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." (Prov. xxii. 29.) SENTENCES FOR REFLECTION. IT is more easy than thou imaginest to become master of... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 str.
...the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings : he shall not stand before mean men. He that diligently seeketh good, procureth favour. In all labour there is profit ; and the labour of... | |
 | 1823 - 154 str.
...Pr. 4.) <S. Does industry promote advancement in life? Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. (22 Pr. 29.). 7. How is the industry of the " virtuous woman," vhosc" price is far above rubies" described?... | |
 | 1824 - 706 str.
...father, among other instructions to him while a boy, so frequently repeated in his hearing ; — " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, — he shall...stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men ! " See him, finally, and above all, as early as 1754, as a delegate to the Convention at Albany, proposing... | |
 | 1824 - 406 str.
...which we have affixed to the account of his life: — " ' Seest thou a man diligent in his business; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men.' " These words thus early impressed on Franklin'syouthful mentory, were never forgotten by him in his... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 str.
...is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets, &c. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — Prov. xxii. 13. 29. xxvi. 13. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. — Prov. xxiii. 21. I went... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 str.
...is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets, &c. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — Prov. xxii. 13. 29. xxvi. 13. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. — Prov. xxiii. 21. I went... | |
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