 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.  The North American Review - Page 1571880Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour.— 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... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour.— 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... | |
 | 1859 - 632 pages
...the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, nil was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Now, in his little way, JONATHAN has found it just the same. He has wanted this, and he has wanted... | |
 | Mrs. Anne Parminter - 1826 - 204 pages
...rise, Nor longer mourn'd on earth whom he should meet in Heaven. THE VANITY OF WORLDLY PURSUITS. " 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." ECCLESIASTES... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...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, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was u vanity and vexation of spirit, and there... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...pleasure : " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, 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." And after enumerating a variety of vanities, he closes his book with these important words : " Let... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1831 - 722 pages
...is ennui. The state of mind is strongly delineated in the language of the sacred writer. — "Hooked 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... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...in all my labour : and this was ereaseth knowledge increaseth my portion of all my labour. 11 Then 1 looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on Die labour tnt urorfu'ofplfnntr«. 12 Thtmfh that I had laboured to do: and, Ни Mi> i* brtter than... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...senses are declining ; and desire fails : and the days are come wherein you have no pleasure. " 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... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...11 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 spirit, and tlure teas no profit under the sun. 12 U And 1 turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly... | |
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