 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.  The Water of Life and Other Sermons - Page 179by Charles Kingsley - 1867 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...desired, I kept not from them : I withheld not mine heart from any joy, &c. Then I looked on all, &c. and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit: and there was no profit under the sun, &c. I hated all my labour, &c. because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me : and... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...of men. Whatsoever mine eyes desired, I kept not from them; I withheld not mine heart from any joy. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that 1 had laboured to do ; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit! What can the man do that cometh... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...desired, I kept not from them : I withheld not mine heart from any joy, &c. Then I looked on all, &c. and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit: and there was no profit under the sun, &c. I hated all my labour, &c. because I should leave it anto the man that shall be after me : and... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 508 pages
...heart from any joy. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that 1 had laboured to do ; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit! What can the man do that cometh after the king? Therefore I hated life, because the work that is wrought... | |
 | 1825 - 864 pages
...with 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...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, of sensual... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Religious thought - 1825 - 388 pages
...: — 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,...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 pleasure, and... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1825 - 398 pages
...withheld not my heart 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, and on the labour that I laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...from any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 1 1 ffording all manner of store : thatws sheep may bring forth thousands and ten th 1 had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation, of spirit, and there ivas no profit... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. Whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,...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 senses ; and to... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. Whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,...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 senses ; and to... | |
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