 | Laurence Sterne - 1766 - 326 pagine
...will extort the fame forrowful confeffion from him, which it did from Solomon in the like cafe—Lo! 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 fpirit—and there was no profit to me under the fun.... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1768 - 360 pagine
...vanity of them all : Ecclef. iL ii." Then 1 looked on ail the works " that my hands had wrought, snd on the labour " that I had laboured to do : and behold, all " was vanity and vexation of fpirit, and there *' was no prcfit under the fun." And towards the clofe-of the fame book, ch xii.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1775 - 246 pagine
...extort the fame forrowful confeffion from him, which it did from Solomon in the like cafe, — Lo ! I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...to do — and behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit — and there was no profit to me under the fun. C4 To To inflame this account the more— 'twill... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1777 - 252 pagine
...fruits . ver. j. I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees, vcr. 6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and OR the labour that I had laboured to do, and behold, all was vanity and vexition of fpirit ; and there... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 pagine
...pleafure." Eccl. ii. i. " I made me great works, I builded me houfes, I " planted me vineyards." Vcr. 4. " I made me gardens and orchards ; and I planted...do-: " And behold all was vanity, and vexation of fpirit ; •' and there was no profit under the fun." Ver. it. * I gat me men-fingers and women -fingers,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 324 pagine
...works, I builded me houfes, I " planted me vineyards." Ver. 4. «' I made me gardens and orehards ; and I planted trees " in them of all kind of fruits."...do : " And behold all was vanity, and vexation of fpirit ; " and there was no profit under the fun." Ver. n. " I gat me men-fingers and women-fmgers,... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 322 pagine
...fruit. Verf. 5. I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees. Verf. 6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had...to do : And behold all was vanity, and vexation of fpirit ; and there was no profit under the fun. Verf. ii. I gat me men-fingers and women-fingers, and... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 480 pagine
...extort the fame forrowful confeffion from him, which it did from Solomon in the like cafe, — Lol I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...to do — and behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit — and there was no profit to me under the fun. To inflame this account the more — it would... | |
 | Thomas Fairfax Baron Fairfax - 1786 - 492 pagine
...but unto thy name give \ve the praifci But as for myfelf and what I have done, I fay with Solomon, I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...laboured to do, and behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit. I?or there is no remembrance of the wife more than the fool for ever, feeing that which no\v... | |
 | William Jabet - 1787 - 348 pagine
...his, own Conclufion. Thsn I looked looked on all the Works that mine Hands had wrought, and on all the Labour that I had laboured to do ; and behold,...of Spirit ; and there was no Profit under the Sun. A moft mortifying Conclufion indeed, though we all find it to be a true one ; that all our Toil and... | |
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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. 
