...which could not bend, had burst ! TALES OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER. No. I. THE BLACK BOOK OF DULCICORDIS. A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is a heaviness to his mother." I SUPPOSE since the days of the royal sage no other was so impressed with...

...eternity. In like manner, attributes and other words often make an essential part of the nominative. " A wise son maketh a glad father ; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother." Abstract the name from its attribute, and the propositions cannot always be true — " A son maketh...

...their scanty stock, and utter not merely useless but even injurious things. Again, A wise son m&keth a glad father : But a. foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Prov. z. 1. Both the father and mother are to be understood in the two members of this passage, although...

...unto thy head, and chains about ihr neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, conBent thou not."* — " orns of unicorns: with them he shall push th Venerate the name, the day, the house, the worship of God. Remember that want of decency is want of...

...wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. XVII. Toward his parents. Prov. x. 1. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of Ms CHAP. XVII. mother. Ch. xv. 20. He despiseth his mother. Prov. xv. 5. A fool despiscth his father's...

...he says, " The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion."—Another: "A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother," &c. ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS. The pupils are arranged before a large black board, on which are drawn the...

...duties of friendship. Industry is the parent of every excellence. llth. Copy. — The Fifth Commandment. "A wise son maketh a glad father but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother." 12th. Copy. — Learning improves the mind. Beauty like a flower soon fades ; but the excellencies...

...sundry obimations of moral mrtuei, and their contrary viea. 1. PT^HE proverbs of Solomon. A wise JL 2. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing : but righteousness delivereth from death. 3. The LORD will...

...error, any bad temper, to occupy the ill-guarded ground. The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son nuiketh a glad father : but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. — Proverbs xi Train up a child in the way he should go : and when he is old, he will not depart from...

...Children obey your parents in all things : for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. [Co/, iii. 20. A wise son maketh a glad father : but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. [Prov. x. 1. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despisesth to obey his mother, the raveus of the...