...recluse, or it may cause Nineteenth Century Sadness. 235 him to echo the voice of the Preacher, who " commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing...under the sun than to eat and to drink and be merry." The letters of Eugenie de Guerin and the ninth chapter of Ecclesiastes may be taken respectively to...

...understood as a child, I thought as a child ; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 8 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better...thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. 4 Rejoice, 0 young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy...

...eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour" (Eccles. ii. 24). Again: "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better...thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry " (Eccles. viii. 15). " A featt is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry : but money...

...mouths to steal away their brains! 17. To smell a turf of fresh earth is wholesome to the body. 18. Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better...thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. 19. To gild refined gold, or to paint the lily, is ridiculous excess. • RULE XIV. —...

...? What other, than that which the Preacher gives in a strain of holy irony and pitiful sarcasm? — "A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. Let thy garments...

...What other, than that which the Preacher gives in a strain of holy irony and pitiful sarcasm ? — " A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. Let thy garments...

...nien, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous : I said that this also is vanity. 16 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better...thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry : for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him...

...men, to whom it happcneth according to the work of the righteous ; I said that this also s vanity. 15 h, Admah and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his...anger, and in his wrath : 24 Even all nations shall to be merry ; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which trod giveth him...

...there lie wicked men, to whom it htippem'th to the work «f the righteous: vid rliatthisalsoi, nity. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the ran, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that &hnll »Wda wilh him of his laliour the days...

...it is written : ' As is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth as he that feareth an oath. A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. There is one event unto all : the living know they shall die, but the dead know not any...