 | 1788 - 598 pagine
...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,...to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of fpirit, and there was no profit under the fun. 12 fl And I turned myfell to behold wifdom, and madnefs,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 pagine
..."with mirth; therefore enjoy pleafure." Eccl. ii. I. «' I made me great works, I builded me houfes, I " planted me vineyards." Ver. 4. *' I made me gardens...hands had " wrought, and on the labour that I had labouredtodo : " And behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit ; " and there was no profit under... | |
 | 1795 - 846 pagine
...5. " I made me pools of water, to water therewith " the wood that bringeth forth trees." Ver. 6. Ч Then I looked on all the works that my hands " had wrought, and on the labour that I had " labmired to do : And behold all was vanity " and vexation of (pi r it ; and there wai no profit "... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1794 - 340 pagine
...fonsof men. Whatever mine eyes defired, I kept not from them : I withheld not mine heart from any joy. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...and behold- all was Vanity and Vexation of Spirit." Unhappy Monarch !—What, in this catalogue of enjoyments, is there that has not a tendency to end... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1800 - 620 pagine
...knowledge itfelf, as a fource of prefent comfort, he affirms the vanity of them all : Ecclef. ii. n. " Then I looked on all the works that " my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had la" bored to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation " of fpirit, and there was... | |
 | John Farrer - 1801 - 394 pagine
...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,...vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun d. Very different is the character which he gives of Religion under the name of Wisdom : Happy is the... | |
 | 1802 - 348 pagine
...(hows, would conclude fo : ' Solomon certainly knows beft ; let us alk him, What does he fay ? " Lo! I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...laboured to do, and behold all was vanity and vexation of .fpirit, and there was no profit under the fun" Well, gentlemen, you, I mean who think that if if you... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802 - 592 pagine
...withheld not my heart from any joy." But hear likewife what judgment he paffes upon all his pleafures : " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that 1 had laboured to do ; and behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit, and there was no profit under... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 600 pagine
...knowledge itfelf, as a fource of prefent comfort, he affirms the vanity of them all: Ecclef. ii. n. " Then I looked on all the works that " my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had la" bored to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation ^' of fpirit, and there was... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pagine
...water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees, ver. 6. Tata I looked on atlthcwor&s that my hands had wrought , and on the labour that I had laboured to do i and, behold, nil was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no pro;it under the sun, ver. I).... | |
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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. 
