 | Richard Lucas - 1734 - 464 pàgines
...opprefs'd in body by luxury, nor in mind by care : The jleep of a Labouring man is Jweet, whether ht eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not fuffer him to. Jleep, Ecclef. 5. i?. All the reft, as numerous attendants, many dependents, flocks... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pàgines
...itfelf; fufficient unto the day is thé evil thereof. Eccl. v. 12. The fleep of a labouring man is fweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not fuffer him to fleep. •w Pfal. Ixxiii. 3. Foii Г was envious at the foolilh, when I faw the profperttj... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1768 - 576 pàgines
...; lufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Eccl. v. 1 2. The deep of a labouring man is fweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not fuffsr him to fleep. qvPfal. Ixxiii. 3. For I was envious at the foolim, when I law the profperity... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pàgines
...fufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Eccl. v. 12. The deep of a labouring map is fweet,whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not fuffer him to deep. •w Pfal. Ixxiii. 3. For I was envious at the fooliih, when I faw the profperity... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pàgines
...owners thereof, favtng the beholding of them with their eyes ? 12 The Jleep of a labouring man is fweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not fuffer him to fleep. 13 There is a fore evil which I have feen under the fun, namely, riches kept for... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 484 pàgines
...; fo they cannot live in profperky, without dillraction ; " The fleep of a labouring man is fweet, whether he eat little or. much : but the abundance of •the rich will not fuffer him to fleep," Eccl. v. 12. A good man can fleep quietly, becaufe he lays his head upon the... | |
 | 1796 - 502 pàgines
...e,afe, and drowfy without repofe. ' The fleep of the labouring man,' fays the Preacher, 'is fweet, whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not íuíFer him to fleep*.' . Poßhumsus Fame. Cnfftus. How many ages hence, Shall this oui- lofty Icene... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pàgines
...obscurity, or rather of occupation, the next noticed is sound slumber. " The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep." Sometimes the wealthy would be the better for a taste of poverty; it would reveal to them their privileges.... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pàgines
...of the earth is for all : the king himself is served by the field. The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : a man to whom God hath... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pàgines
...owners thereof, saving 13 the beholding [of them] with their eyes. The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep ; it brings cares which counterbalance the satisfaction it affords, and which 13 often prevent his... | |
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The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. 
