 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 sivua
...kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour.— Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." He who formed us made us susceptible of receiving pleasure through the medium of the senses ; and to... | |
 | Mrs. Anne Parminter - 1826 - 204 sivua
...rise, Nor longer mourn'd on earth whom he should meet in Heaven. THE VANITY OF WORLDLY PURSUITS. " THEN I LOOKED ON ALL THE WORKS THAT MY HANDS HAD WROUGHT,...AND BEHOLD ALL WAS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT." ECCLESIASTES ii. v. 2. RICH, powerful, magnificent and great, In all the gorgeous pomp of regal state,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 sivua
...from any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour. 1 1 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was u vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 12 If And I turned myself to... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1831 - 722 sivua
...is ennui. The state of mind is strongly delineated in the language of the sacred writer. — "Hooked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly ; for what can the man do that cometh... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 sivua
...if ever it sprang out of worldly pleasure : " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labour that I had laboured to do ; and...OF SPIRIT ; and there was no profit under the sun." And after enumerating a variety of vanities, he closes his book with these important words : " Let... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 sivua
...your senses are declining ; and desire fails : and the days are come wherein you have no pleasure. " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Fourthly, Think how little worldly prosperity has distinguished many of the excellent of the earth.... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1830 - 306 sivua
...heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labour ; and this was my portion of all my labour. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...of spirit ; and there was no profit under the sun. — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. — Her ways are ways... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 sivua
...looked on all the works that my hands had wroi and on the labour that I ha. boured todo: and behold, all ible Society( "` 1830 <Stereotyped by...Bible society"" " American Bible Society( % EN a : for what can the man do tha: cometh after the king ? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then... | |
 | William Jay - 1830 - 302 sivua
...pleasure. " Then I looked on all the work. that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I hud laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Fourthly, Think how little worldly prosperity has distinguished many of the excellent of the earth.... | |
 | 1831 - 676 sivua
...any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then 1 looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there teas no profit under the sun. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly : for... | |
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 
