| 1803 - 488 pages
...ye mail mourji and weep. It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to the houfe of feafting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart." BROTOS. FOR THE CONNECTICUT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE. Thought! on I Thrffalonians, \v. 1 6. laß... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 566 pages
...than to the houfe of f calling. A HAT I deny — but let us hear the wife man's reafoning upon it — -for that is the end of all men, and the living will Jay it to his heart : forrow is hetter than laugher for a crack-brain'd order of Carthufian monks,... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...brethren, the love of neighbours, a man and a wife that agree together. Eoclesiastes, It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...trouble »nd the commencement of his felicity, and seals up his good character. Z [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...all men ; and the living will lay [it] to his heart ; the contemplation of death is more desirable and useful than any of the enjoyments of life ; it may... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...trouble and the commencement of his felicity, and seals up his good character. % [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...[is] the end of all men ; and the living will lay fit] to his heart ; the contemplation of death is more desirable and useful than any of the enjoyments... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 470 pages
...than to the house of feasting. THAT I deny — But let us hear the wise man's reasoning upon it— -for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart : Sorrow is better than laughter for a crack'd-brain'd order of Carthusian monks, 1 grant, but not... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1806 - 140 pages
...a, 3, 4, 5, <j. ' It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to go to the-houle of feafting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart; Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the ikdnefs of the countenance the heart is made better. The... | |
| John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 pages
...This is the House of Mirth." Then he remembered the words of the wise man, that " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting :"1 and again, " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 ^f -ft is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that in the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter :... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1808 - 446 pages
...Benefits to be derived from the the House of Mourning. ECCLESIASTES, vii. 2, 3,4. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...for that is the end of all men, and the living will Jay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart... | |
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