 | English poets - 1790
...I made me pools of water, to water therewith the " wood that bringeth forth trees." Ver. 6. " Then I looked on all the works that my 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... | |
 | William Belsham - 1791
...men : whatsoever " mine eyes defired, I kept not from them ; I " withheld not my heart from any joy : and " behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit, " and there was no profit under the fun! " Therefore I hated life, and I praifed the " dead which are already dead, more than the " living which... | |
 | 1792
...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 - 302 trang
...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,...to do : and behold- all was Vanity and Vexation of Spirit." Unhappy Monarch !—What, in this catalogue of enjoyments, is there that has not a tendency... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1800
...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 - 371 trang
...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,...laboured to do; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun d. Very different is the character which he gives of... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 475 trang
..." 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 no profit under the fun." And towards the clofe of the fame book, ch. xii. 12. he fays, " And further, by thefe, my fon, be admonifhed... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802
...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
...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 - 475 trang
...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... | |
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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. 
