| 1795 - 846 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 pągines
...(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 pągines
...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... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pągines
...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).... | |
| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 636 pągines
...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 i'pirit, and there... | |
| David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pągines
...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. After making many other observations upon human life, and human pursuits, and shewing how utterly insufficient... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pągines
...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,...I had laboured to do • and behold all was vanity ... cl vexation of fpirit and there was no profit to me under the fun. To inflame this account the... | |
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