 | 1799 - 224 pagine
...Amidst all this honour, however, one thing mortified him : " All this," said he, " availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." MORDECAI AT THE KING'S GATE. It has been intimated that Mordecai held some office at the Persian court.... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pagine
...myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto •aer also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends unto Mm, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pagine
...myself ; and tomor13 row am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate ; to see him continue his place at court, is as odious a» 14 if I had lost my all. Then said Zeresh... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 540 pagine
...and, at last, after all his sunshine, sets in this cloudy epilogue, Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. It is seldom seen, that God allows, even to the greatest darlings of the world, a perfect contentment.... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pagine
...myself; and tomorrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this avaHeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 f Then said Teresh his wife and all his friends unto him, I;et a gallows be nittde of fifty cubits... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pagine
...ha writhes. Let us go back to the best of books for the next example. "All this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." All what ? Almost everything that heart could desire. Haman had marvellous riches, "a multitude of... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pagine
...bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. Esth. v. 13, Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 1 Cor. x. 1O. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 pagine
...myself; and to. morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availetb me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. Then said Zeresh his wife, and all his friends untp him, Let a gallows be inade oftifty cubits high,... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth King - 1812 - 146 pagine
...prosperity ; concluding with this bitter and degrading confession ; " Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew, sitting at the king's gate.*" A mere trifling privilege possessed by an humble unaspiring individual, was sufficient to destroy the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pagine
...but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate,' See it also in Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. 4. * And Ahab came into his house, heavy and displeased, because... | |
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Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 
