...effervescence, upon carbonates. This appears from the following Proverb of Solomon, (chap. xxv. 20.) " As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." To understand the simile, we must know that the word " neter," in the original,...

...their mood. When they are melancholic he should not, in general, talk in a lively or humorous strain. " As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...as vinegar upon nitre ; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." When they show a desire to forget their malady, he should transport their minds...

...Confidence in an unfaithfulman in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 20. to an heavy heart. Pro. 26.23. Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver...

...tooth, and a foot out of joint. 20 As he that taketh away a garKindness to an enemy. PROVERBS. ment me to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to to a heavy heart. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and it' he be thirsty, give...

...The «plrlt of a mini v.ij sustain his Infirmity: hut a wounded spirit who can bear? Prov. XXT, 20. > > & j jxh7 n N : npon nitre, so is he that slngeth songs to an heavy heart. Ecclcx. Til, 2-4. It is better to go to...

...moderate measure of those things which are most pleasing and delightful to thy nature or appetite. 20. " As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart."] — He that offers music to a man in deep heaviness doth as unseasonably as he...

...erroneously believed to be the same as our saltpetre (nitre, or nitrate of potassa), is thus stated — " As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart." Professor Hitchcock gives the only satisfactory explanation of this passage. He...

...of a future state is taught therein. APHORISM X. WORLDLY MIRTH. Leighton and Coleridge. As he tJiat taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Prov. xxv. 20. Worldly mirth is so far from curing spiritual grief, that even worldly...

...is impossible to enjoy any tolerable or lasting measure of happiness. 300 ASCETICISM. Worldly Mirth. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather» and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth : to a heavy heart. Prov. xxv. 20. Worldly inirth is far from curing spiritual grief, that even worldly...

...Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon " natron," so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread...