 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.  The Savage - Page 101by Piomingo - 1833 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Hogg - Conduct of life - 1834 - 352 pages
...all by heart. The following maxim is three times repeated, nearly in the same terms, in his works: " There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of... | |
 | 1834 - 784 pages
...all by heart. The following maxim is three times repeated, nearly in the sumo terms, in his works : ' There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and DRINK, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it iras from the hand... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - Christian life - 1835 - 550 pages
...speaks the sense of their drunken principles. Something towards this signification is that of Solomon, " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour ; for that is his portion : for who shall bring... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1836 - 418 pages
...whenever it is spoken, want its admirers : it will have the applause of numbers, whose opinion it is, that ' there is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat, and drink, and enjoy himself, all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.' 19. He shall go to the... | |
 | John Crook (of Lyon's inn.) - 1836 - 114 pages
...of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart." — (Ecclesisastes Y. 18 to 20.) " There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...my heart out of conceit and hope of any good issue of all my earthly labours and endeavours. II. 24. There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. Yet of all vanities this is the best, since... | |
 | Ephraim Banks - Bank notes - 1838 - 436 pages
...the highest and most sublime rnentil gratification is likened to a spread table and an ever/lowing cup. When the wise king of Israel would sum up the..."there is nothing better for a man than that he should tat and drink; and he adds, with rapturous exultation, " Who can eat or hasten hereunto more than I... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1838 - 612 pages
...; for God bids you to remember death." Something towards this signification is that of Solomon : " There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour, for that is his portion ; for who shall bring... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1838 - 610 pages
...; for God bids you to remember death." Something towards this signification is that of Solomon : " There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour, for that is his portion ; for who shall bring... | |
 | Georg Lorenz Bauer - 1838 - 190 pages
...enjoying the fruits of man's labour, and likewise a cheerful and contented mind, are the gifts of God. " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of... | |
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