 Deny it to a king?' which may remind us of a saying of a greater and wiser king than either : ' 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.  Sketches of American Character - Pàgina 89per Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1831 - 287 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1809 - 556 pàgines
...See Annot. [k] Ver. 12. Tbt sleep of a labouring man is swtet, ivbethcr be eat little or muck ; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep."} And as he that tills his ground, or serves him in any other labour, hath commonly a better appetite, and... | |
 | William Giles - 1811 - 268 pàgines
...monarch in his crown ! The sleep of the labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep : and if the labourer toil hard for the meat that perisheth, he has in the midst of every want, if a follower... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 pàgines
...how it was with others ; " Lest I be full, and deny God," Prov. xxx. 8,-9. It is said, Eccl. v. 12. that " the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep ;" and I wish that were the worst injury it did him ; but, alas ! it will net suffer him to pray, to meditate,... | |
 | William Haslett - 1825 - 224 pàgines
...it was with others ; Prov. xxx. 8, 9. ' Lest I be full, and deny God.' It is sai,d in Eccles. v. 12, 'That the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.' I wish that were the worst injury it did him. But, alas! it will hot suffer him to pray, to meditate,... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pàgines
...idea of a tender, benevolent and oly parent, who was constantly watching over her and hers for gooxl; and when afflictions came they were but the chastenings...them. The elegant and costly furniture that decked the parlor of Mrs. Williams, instead of awakening in her mind elegance of taste, only suggested ideas of... | |
 | William Giles - 1836 - 172 pàgines
...monarch in his crown ! The sleep of the labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep : and if the labourer toil hard for the meat that perisheth, he has, in the midst of every want, if a follower... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1839 - 414 pàgines
...shall not be satisßed with silver ; nay, it fastens upon the mind a burthen of care and perplexity, so that the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep, Eccl. v. 10, 11, 12. Drunkenness passes for a pleasant sin, but it is a brutish pleasure, for it puts... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1844 - 768 pàgines
...distinction, his cares generally increase, and his time is less his own: thus, in the words of the preacher, " the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep," and, " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow2." But however this... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 pàgines
...wiser king than either : " 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."* And before I dismiss my royal witnesses, let me cite King James the First, of England, who used to say,... | |
 | 1847 - 854 pàgines
...wiser king than either : * 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.' And before I dismiss my royal witnesses, let me cite King James I. of England, who used to say that the... | |
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