 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
 | 1837 - 648 sidor
...Does the sight therefore give me more pleasure, while unfathomable depths of wonders lie beyond 3 ' Vanity of vanities !' saith the preacher — 'vanity of vanities — all is vanity! ' ' Ay,' said I, ' and if he shall say thus, whose pursuit has been after knowledge, how much more... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1838 - 330 sidor
...thoughts of men are vanity. 4 Our conversation received by tradition from our fathers, in vain. 5 And what profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh, and of the vexation of his heart wherein he hath laboured under the sun ? 6 He laboureth in vain, he... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1838 - 386 sidor
...earth for heaven. Lord, grant it may be thy servant's portion, for Jesus hrist's sake. NOVEMBER 1. " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity.'' — Eccles. i. 2. THERE are few passages of Scripture less honoured than the above ; and yet there... | |
 | Richard Hurrell Froude - 1838 - 460 sidor
...it would do, but this he knew by experience to be vanity. "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour that he taketh under the sun ?" On the contrary, he saw, in the active pursuit of such things as these,... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 sidor
...g. 2 • Vanity of vanities, saith the t«s.9. &' Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3 b her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 4 One generation passe th away, and another generation cometh : c but the earth abideth for ever. 5... | |
 | John Hall - 1839 - 508 sidor
...frivolous, and unsatisfying. What is all the display that is made in the world, but a proof of this ? Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.** Surely every man walketh in a vain show.*9 How is the vanity of mankind displayed in various ways,... | |
 | 1839 - 556 sidor
...words of a royal preacher, recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes, first chapter and second verse : " VANITY OF VANITIES, saith the preacher, VANITY OF VANITIES ; ALL IS VANITY." You will perhaps demand of me, why I come before you with a sentiment so trite, and yet so paradoxical... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1840 - 60 sidor
...which the Rnbbi considers as equal to four, and three times in the singular, making altogether seven. " Vanity of Vanities," saith the Preacher ; " Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity." could " have better spared a better print," one of them ? Perhaps you, Sir, may be able trace them.... | |
 | Horatio Potter - 1841 - 56 sidor
...esteeming his regal estate, and all that men most covet, he takes for his text these startling words : " Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher ; vanity of vanities, all is vanity ! " Apart from religion, every thing is perishable, every thing is infected with evil, every thing... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - 1841 - 594 sidor
...experiment ; and this is his verdict upon all earthly enjoyments, after the most impartial trial : " Vanity of vanities," saith the Preacher, " vanity of vanities ; all is vanity and vexation of spirit." On the other hand, the soul may possess some degree of happiness, under all... | |
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