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" His hand is against every man; and every man's hand is against him. "
Cobbett's Weekly Political Register - Page 627
1809
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The Poems of Alexander Montgomerie, Volume 11

Alexander Montgomerie - Scotland - 1887 - 504 pages
...his tone to the counsel. In short, he is an Ishmaelite so far as law and lawyers are concerned. His hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him. Eventually the grant was renewed and confirmed by a writ of privy seal, J Son. xviii..xxiv. a Son....
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From Poverty to Plenty; Or, The Labour Question Solved

William Lee Rees - Cooperation - 1888 - 504 pages
...from all other practices of life. In the pursuit of wealth it makes each individual an Ishmael. His hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him. A system must be found, therefore, to reconcile these two contending interests. These pages will reveal...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 158

Scotland - 1895 - 982 pages
...existence, from which no section of the tribe is exempt. The Mahsud is a veritable Ishmaelite — his hand is against every man and every man's hand is against him. Though collectively thieves and robbers by hereditary calling, with the Gumal Pass just south of them...
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The Book Hunter

John Hill Burton - Bibliomania - 1900 - 440 pages
...being a result of domestic manufacture. The Illustrator is the very Ishmaelite of collectors — his hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him. He destroys unknown quantities of books to supply portraits or other illustrations to a single volume...
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The Book Lover: A Magazine of Book Lore, Volume 5

Bibliography - 1904 - 1136 pages
...complaining tone pervades the entire work. It calls an illustrator the " Ishmaelite of collectors, whose hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him." And, again, to those who take pleasure in reconnoitring in unlikely places for books, it applies the...
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A Practical Programme for Working Men, Volume 20

Edmond Kelly - Competition - 1906 - 256 pages
...animal needs — for food and self -perpetuation ; he is tlie Ishmaelite of the animal kingdom ; his hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him. Whereas, community life, on the other hand, imposes upon the ant habits of docility and altruism ;...
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Massillon to Mason

Grenville Kleiser - Sermons - 1908 - 258 pages
...certain. Another child is born of a Bedouin Arab. From this moment he begins to be an Arabian. His hand is against every man; and every man's hand is against him. Before he can walk, or speak, he is carried through pathless wastes in search of food; and roams in...
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"Broke," the Man Without the Dime

Edwin A. Brown - Almshouses - 1913 - 432 pages
...infirm, and often of the proffered dime to the homeless man. And yet he is an Ishmaelite — " his hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him," which is a destructive condition. The Police System taken as a whole throughout our country is extremely...
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The Bookman, Volume 38

Literature - 1914 - 780 pages
...stands forth, without a shred of conscience, as a practical anarchist, rejecting all authority. His hand is against every man and every man's hand is against him. And having violated the laws of this world, he finally discloses his callous contempt for the punishment...
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A Book about the Theater

Brander Matthews - Drama - 1916 - 410 pages
...stands forth, without a shred of conscience, as a practical anarchist, rejecting all authority. His hand is against every man and every man's hand is against him. And having violated the laws of this world, he finally discloses his callous contempt for the punishment...
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