 | William Jacobson (bp. of Chester.) - 1840 - 352 sidor
...of Solomon : I said in mine heart, go to now, I will prove thee • Is. ix. 2. < la. is. 6. 7. icith mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure; and behold, this...laughter, it is mad : and of mirth, what doeth it ? ° And in another place: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness*... | |
 | 1847 - 720 sidor
...till their sides ached again. I could not help repeating to my young friends the words of Solomon, — 'I said of laughter, it is mad; and of mirth what doeth it.' Do not suppose, however, my read- j ers, that I forbid laughing : on the contrary, I enjoy a hearty... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 686 sidor
...guard the weak against what too often occasions heaviness, — levity of temper or behaviour, — from "I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it?" Mon. 27. — For two hours I took up my cross, in arguing with a zealous man, and labouring to convince... | |
 | William Jacobson (bp. of Chester.) - 1840 - 354 sidor
...permitted to drink of the cup of this world's pomps and pleasures ? Let us hear the verdict of Solomon : I said in mine heart, go to now, I will prove thee • IB. ix. 2. < Is. k. 6. 7. with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ; and behold, this also is vanity.... | |
 | William Moore Wooler - 1840 - 110 sidor
...confused, to learn from the patient, that he was the identical comedian himself. Well might he have " said of laughter, it is mad; and of mirth, what doeth it!" Whenever there is a great flow of animal spirits, there must be a corresponding ebb. The late Lord... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 234 sidor
...afflict us. Solomon's experience must have been of a painful kind, when it wrung from him the words, " I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?" Seeing, then, that we are all liable to sudden afflictions; that, in the wildest transport of joy,... | |
 | George Bush - 1841 - 318 sidor
...experience of wisdom and knowledge ;' Heb. ' My heart saw wisdom and knowledge.' Eccl. 2. ], 1 1 said in my heart, go to' now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ;' Heb. ' see pleasure.' Ps. 118. 7. ' Therefore shall I see (my desire) upon them that hate me.' We... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 sidor
...much grief: and he that increa«eth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. — Eccles. i. 2. 13, 14. 16—18. I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure...! I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, &c. I made me great works : I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards,... | |
 | Charles M. Sheldon - 1924 - 664 sidor
...wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it? I searched in my heart how... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 sidor
...spirit. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. L I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with...enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself... | |
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure ; and behold this also is vanity. I said of laughter, it is mad ; and of mirth, what doeth it... 
