 | 178 pages
...us, and of which every part is equally full of wonders ! ON SLEEP. " The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not sufler him to sleep." — Eccles. v. 12. A QUIET chamber is very necessary to secure us reit, but a... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 424 pages
...the owners thereof, saving 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. There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1846 - 452 pages
...agrestium.(eorum) humiles doT7Mj(casas,tiguria). Comp. £ccles. V. 2 : 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." 24. Non Zephyris agitata Tempe, " She disdains not Tempe, fanned by the breezes of the West." Tempe... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Bible - 1846 - 1102 pages
...thereof, saving the beholding — ^ — - of them with their eyes ? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is .`$+. 13 m There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1846 - 452 pages
...agrettium.(eorara) hiaiùlet. domas (casas, tiguria). Сотр. ¿celes. V. 2 : The sleep of the labouring man ta sweet, whether he eat little or much : But the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep." 24. Non Zepkyris agitata Tempe, " She disdains not Tempe, fanned by the breezes of the West." Tempe... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes' The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not luffer him to sleep." The author now goes on (verses 13 — 17) to notice a " sore evil, which he had... | |
 | William Reed Prince - 1846 - 330 pages
...new cares, greater toil and more torturing anxieties, so that they are robbed of all peace of mind. The abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. The burden is heavier than he can carry. Wicked men live in the fear of losing the riches upon which they... | |
 | 1848 - 792 pages
...his pallet of refreshing repose. Sleep is the friend of the poor. " 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." (Eccl. v. 12.) The Old Church Clock struck two. The dew lay thick upon the grass, the nightingale sang... | |
 | 1847 - 854 pages
...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.' And before I dismiss my royal witnesses, let me cite King James I. of England, who used to say that... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - Labor - 1847 - 300 pages
...remind us of the 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."* And before I dismiss my royal witnesses, let me cite King James the First, of England, who used to... | |
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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. 
