 | Thomas Francklin - 1787 - 404 pages
...from them, tha.t \. . , . It is better to go to the houfe of mourning than to the houfe offeqfting -} for that is the end of all men, and the living 'will lay it /<? heart* *' Sorrow, fays he, is better than laughter, for by the fadnefs of the countenance the heart... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 pages
...the door these words, " 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... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 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 of feasting ; for. that h the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for... | |
 | 1809 - 454 pages
...convinced me that the wordsot the prophet are true, " it is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting for that is the end of all rrrt. and the living will lay it to btt heart." A Dying Youth, A young person on the bed of sickness... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...Rev. xiv. 13 ; 2 Cor. v. 6, 7, 8 ; Phil. i. 23. 2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the \\v» ing will lay it to his heart. " It is better to go to the house of mourning," &c. As the day... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 790 pages
...is manifest, far the greatest part of men pass their whole life in. Upon this account Solomon says, that it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go tp the house of feasting ; ie it is more to a man's advantage to turn his eyes towards objects of distress,... | |
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... 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 // to his heart. 
