 VANITY of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.  The Grampians Desolate: A Poem - Sida 296efter Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 sidor
...pass away like a shadow." In perfect harmony with this sentiment is that of Solomon, From Matth. " vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. — One generation **• '?: l° th.e passeth away, and another generation cometh ; but the earth abideth... | |
 | J. Coote - 1817 - 378 sidor
...Finsbury-squtrt. Rev. John Evans. Eccles. i. 2. The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem : Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher : vanity of vanities, all is vanity. (Printed.) SURROUNDING LONDON, AND COUNTRY CHURCHES. BEDFORDSHIRE. Blunham. Rev.R. Beachcroft. Gen,... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 sidor
...with his vessel empty I Hear his own confession as recorded in the first chapter of Ecclesiastes: " Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher, " vanity of vanities, all is vanity." He tells us what he had tried; he had tried mirth, and costly entertainments, and gay amusements, and... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1818 - 904 sidor
...ECCLI-.SIASTES, chap. iv 1, 2. Tbc Words of the Preacher, the Son of David, King of Jerusalem, — Vanity of Vanities, saith the Preacher, Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity." " GO," said St. Chrysostom, " go to THE TOMBS ! no spectacle will be found more proper to moderate... | |
 | 1819 - 488 sidor
...through with many sorrows*. SECT. 2. All that this world can bestow is uncertain and unsatisfying. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher,- vanity of...of all his labour which he taketh under the sun"? The eye is not § 1. • Exod. xx. \i. » Prov. xxvii. 20. c Eccles. ». 10, 11. < Prov. xviii. It.... | |
 | Robert Gray - 1819 - 708 sidor
...resemblance to the text with which Solomon opens his sublime reflections in the book of Ecclesiastes : " Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher, " vanity of vanities ; all is vanity." Persius appears, however, to apply in an unlimited sense, what Solomon uttered only with regard to... | |
 | 1819 - 948 sidor
...gat"ECCLESUSTES, or the PREACHER. CHAP. I. THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 an atonement 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 4 One generation passeth... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 466 sidor
...THIS BOOK. TRE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem, Eccles. chap. i. ver. 1. Vanity of vanities, (saith the Preacher) vanity of vanities; all is vanity, ver. 2. I sommuned with mine own heart, saying, 'Lo, 1 am come to great estate, and have gotten morewisdom... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 sidor
...the things eternal. — < • THE UNSATISFYING NATURE OF SUBLUNARY ENJOYMENTS. ECC1ESIASTES, 1. 2. "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities; all is vanity." .My Brethren, if experience can teach knowledge, the preacher to whom our text alludes was the wisest... | |
 | 1843 - 684 sidor
...relative to his experience of human affairs, and the conclusions at which he arrived concerning them. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity ! This is the motto which I adopt, as expressive of the fruit and end of every earthly pursuit and... | |
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