| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 600 pagine
...Ecclef. vii. 2, 3. " It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to " go to the houfe of feafting : for that is the end of all men, '' and the living...heart. Sorrow is better " than laughter : for by the fadnels of the countenance " the heart is made better." There are fome who, from mere tendernefs of... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pagine
...than to the houfe of feafting. 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 lay it to his heart : farrow is hetter than laughter for a crack-brain'd order of Carthufian monks, I grant, but not for... | |
| 1803 - 488 pagine
...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 pagine
...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,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pagine
...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 pagine
...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 pagine
...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...to his heart : Sorrow is better than laughter for a crack'd-brain'd order of Carthusian monks, 1 grant, but not for men of the world— For what purpose... | |
| William Godwin - 1805 - 336 pagine
...serenity. He was a wiser man" than they, who said, " It is good to dwell in the house of mourning; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Certainly I found a salutary and purifying effect, in talking to the spirit of my father when I was... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1806 - 140 pagine
...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...heart; Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the ikdnefs of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wile is in the houfe of mourning;... | |
| John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 pagine
...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... | |
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