 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 sidor
...this was my portion, the only thing that accrued to me, of all my labour, 1 l*that I looked and mused on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do in expectation of obtaining happiness from luxury and selfindulgence; and, behold, all [was] vanity... | |
 | 1867 - 348 sidor
...Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." \\hat more mournful testimony can there be than his own ? — " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Well might he add in the words of the book which sets forth, it may be hoped, the penitence... | |
 | J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 sidor
...was my portion of all my labour. b [11] Then I looked on all the works that my hands had toroyght, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sim. females who, for their beauty ami gracefulness, were destined to wait at their Prince's... | |
 | 1825 - 864 sidor
...pleasure, and leisure with repose. What further could he desire? Hear his concluding words. " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Such were the experiments made by one who ran the eager round of business and pleasure,... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1825 - 388 sidor
...and whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them ; I withheld not my heart from any joy. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." There was an adaptation in many of these things to impart a certain degree of blameless... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 sidor
...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,...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." He who formed us made us susceptible of receiving pleasure through the medium of the... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 692 sidor
...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,...vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." He who formed us made us susceptible of receiving pleasure through the medium of the... | |
 | Mrs. Anne Parminter - 1826 - 204 sidor
...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 BEHOLD ALL WAS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT." ECCLESIASTES ii. v. 2. RICH, powerful, magnificent and great, In all the gorgeous pomp of regal state,... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 sidor
...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,...labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was u vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 12 If And I turned myself to... | |
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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. 
