 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 404 σελίδες
...first evil that torments the rich, from which the poor are exempt, is care ! The sleep of the labouring man is sweet, but the abundance of the rich will not suffer fer him to sleep ; his wealth is a continual SERM. IX. subject of anxiety to him ; he is anxious how... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 σελίδες
...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 - 476 σελίδες
...[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 ¡ire-vent his... | |
 | Alexander Hunter - 1806 - 298 σελίδες
...contains neither gout nor scurvy. " 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." Eccles. OBS. i 62 ) A HARE Soup. TAKE an old hare, and after washing it well from the blood, cut it... | |
 | 1807 - 570 σελίδες
...of them with their eyes ? 12 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. 13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof... | |
 | 1809 - 556 σελίδες
...charges. 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,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 σελίδες
...beloved sleep. ' EccL v. 12. 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. 2 Thess. iii. 10. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, That if any would not work,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 416 σελίδες
...sweet," because his duty is plain, his cares are few, his mind is free, and his conscience at peace. " But the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep." " It is vain," says the Psalmist, " to rise up early and sit up late and eat the bread of sorrows ;... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 σελίδες
...keeps it free from those anxious thoughts and covetous desires \vhich ordinarily break our rest. — " But the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep." This may be understood either of the abundance of wealth occasioning many cares, businesses, fears,... | |
 | William Giles - 1811 - 268 σελίδες
...the 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... | |
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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. 
