...friend, he permits me to take the prize and walk off triumphantly, thinking of the words of Solomon, " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he is gone his way, then he hoasteth." : j Another style of shopping is one only known to house, dders,...

...We read in holy writ of a disposition on the part of a purchaser to cry down the article he is about to buy. "It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth," Prov. xx. 14. Hardly do I think that, in this respect, any alteration...

...not sleep, lest thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14 Society is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies : but the lips of knowledge...

...were not unknown in the days of Solomon. The wise man sketches them thus, with his graphic pen : ' It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.' they are plentiful in our times too. They sacrifice truth at the...

...order to get them " worth their money ;" or in other words, for less than their intrinsic value : " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: But when he is gone his way, then he boastelh." Prov. ix. 14. Now, although usage may give its sanction to this...

...unknown in the days of Solomon. The wise man sketches them thus, with his FALSEHOOD. graphic pen : " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer ; but when he is giuie his way, then he boasteth." They are plentiful in our times too. They sacrifice truth at the...

...impoverish the spirit by the indulgence of a lifeless habit of prayer, hearing, and meditation. 14. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasleth. The Bible gives abundant proof, that man has always been the same...

...11 : 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work. 12 : 5 The counsels of the wicked are deceit. 20 : 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. Is. 44 : 20 He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him...

...their own, magnify, or diminish, its advantages, or disadvantages, as may best suit their purpose. " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." To all such unworthy imposition and concealment, the openness and...

...and obtain an undue advantage of their neighbour, so forcibly described in the Book of Proverbs : " It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he goeth his way, he boasteth himself." Instead of pursuing this worldly course, men would " look not...