 | 1788 - 598 pages
...one's birth. 2 fl It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to go to the houfeof feafting ; for that is. the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. . ,. . ,; 3 Sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the fadnefs of the countenance the heart is made... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1790 - 470 pages
...EcCLESIASTEf, vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to go to the houfe of feajlmg ; for that is the end of all men, and the living •will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is belter than laughter ; for by the Jadnefs of tbe countenance the heart is made better. T*be heart of... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1792 - 624 pages
...thofe who are deceafed, and to fuch as they hive left behind them. 1. With fefpccl: to himfelf. Death is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to It's heart || . It is becaufe we do not lay it to our hearts, that we moft of us go on juft as if VOL.... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1800 - 620 pages
...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 will lay it to bis heart. Sorrow is better " than laughter : for by the fadnefs of the countenance *' the heart is... | |
 | 1808 - 500 pages
...better," saith (he preacher, " to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow," he continues, " is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...good character. Z [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that [is] the end of 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... | |
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 
