 | Laurence Sterne - 1775 - 246 pàgines
...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 - 1779 - 318 pàgines
...Verf. ;. 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 wrought,...to do : And behold all was vanity, and vexation of fpirit ; and there was no profit under the fun. Verf. n. I gat me men-fingers and women-fingers, and... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 480 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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,...Vanity and Vexation 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... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1794 - 340 pàgines
...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 Farrer - 1801 - 394 pàgines
...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,...vanity and 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... | |
 | 1802 - 348 pàgines
...(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... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pàgines
...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,...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. After making many other observations upon human life, and human pursuits, and shewing... | |
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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. 
