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. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Parochial addresses and lessons - 145 페이지저자: Richard Johnstone - 1881전체보기 - 도서 정보
| 1808 - 500 페이지
...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. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth/'... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 페이지
...to the house of feasting; 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 sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 페이지
...active, lively persons should in those circum$ stances lie impressed. Sorrow, a composed, serious spirit, [is] better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better ; affliction is helpful to every grace ; it Jills the heart with humanity and compassion, and gives... | |
| William Godwin - 1805 - 336 페이지
...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... | |
| 1807 - 570 페이지
...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 : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house' of mirth.... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 558 페이지
...these. It is better to go to the house of mourning, saith Solomon, than to go to the house of feasting. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for, by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better ; Eccl. vfi. 2, 3. If Job's children do but meet at a kind banquet, their father is fain to expiate... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 페이지
...the house of feasting -, for that is the end of all men, and the living ixill lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the 'wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
| 1809 - 1150 페이지
...(he house of feasting : for that is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart 3 halt slay the ram, and thou shalt bike his blood, and sprinkle it round aliout upon the altar. 1 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools it in the house of mirth.... | |
| James Fordyce - 1809 - 332 페이지
...house of feasting : for that is the end "of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. Sor" row is better than laughter : for by the sadness of " the countenance the heart is made better. The " heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but " the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
| Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 페이지
...remembrance of God, Job i. 5 ; Deut. viii. 12 — 14 ; Amos vi. 3—^6 ; Deut. xxxii. 15; Isai. v. 11, 12. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. " Sorrow is better than laughter:" that sorrow which arises from the meditation of death, a sad, sober,... | |
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