 | Robert Walsh - 1831 - 722 trang
...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...to do ; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 trang
...if ever it sprang out of worldly 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... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1827 - 238 trang
...labour ; and this was my portion of all my iabour. Then I looked on all the works that my hands liad wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and behold, all was vanity arid vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun.—Then I saw that wisdom excelleth... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 trang
...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 - 1828 - 408 trang
...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,...to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Fourthly, Think how little worldly prosperity has distinguished... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 trang
...any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then d he necame her son. And she called his name Moses : and she said, Because 1 had laboured^ to do: and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and tlure teas no profit... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1830 - 306 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,...to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit ; and there was no profit under the sun. — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far... | |
 | 1831 - 676 trang
...any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then 1 looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there teas no profit under the sun. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness,... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1831 - 332 trang
...the pursuits and labours which engage us day by day, of which Solomon says, / looked on all the works my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, — these are things seen. Every intellectual improvement, the stores of human learning and wisdom,... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 trang
...satisfaction. And then he sums up the matter in a method most instructive to a votary of the world : " I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on all the labor that I had labored to do, and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, 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. 
