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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. "
The Sermons of Mr. Yorick - Page 19
by Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 238 pages
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Poems on Several Occasions, Volume 2

Matthew Prior - 1777 - 252 pages
...that bringeth forth trees, vcr. 6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and OR the labour that I had laboured to do, and behold, all was vanity and vexition of fpirit ; and there was no profit under the fun. ver. it. I gat me men fingers and women...
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The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Volume 2

Matthew Prior - 1779 - 318 pages
...made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees. Verf. 6. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...And behold all was vanity, and vexation of fpirit ; and there was no profit under the fun. Verf. n. I gat me men-fingers and women-fingers, and the delights...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...

Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 480 pages
...the fame forrowful confeffion from him, which it did from Solomon in the like cafe, — Lol I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...— and behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit — and there was no profit to me under the fun. To inflame this account the more — it would be no...
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A Description of the Memorable Sieges and Battles in the North of England ...

Thomas Fairfax Baron Fairfax - Great Britain - 1786 - 492 pages
...thy name give \ve the praifci But as for myfelf and what I have done, I fay with Solomon, I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...and behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit. I?or there is no remembrance of the wife more than the fool for ever, feeing that which no\v is, in...
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Eighteen Practical Sermons, Upon Interesting Subjects,

William Jabet - Sermons, English - 1787 - 348 pages
...his, own Conclufion. Thsn I looked looked on all the Works that mine Hands had wrought, and on all 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. A moft mortifying Conclufion indeed, though we all...
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Sacred Extracts: Or, Books and Chapters Selected from the New and Old ...

Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...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, and on...and behold, all was vanity and vexation of fpirit, and there was no profit under the fun. 12 fl And I turned myfell to behold wifdom, and madnefs, and...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 33

English poets - 1790 - 326 pages
...me pools of water, to water therewith the " wood that bringeth forth trees." Ver. 6. " Then I looked on all the works that my hands had " wrought, and on the labour that I had labouredtodo : " And behold all was vanity and vexation of fpirit ; " and there was no profit under...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe ...

1795 - 846 pages
...pools of water, to water therewith " the wood that bringeth forth trees." Ver. 6. Ч Then I looked on all the works that my hands " had wrought, and on the labour that I had " labmired to do : And behold all was vanity " and vexation of (pi r it ; and there wai no profit "...
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Sermons on Various Subjects: Intended to Promote Christian Knowledge and ...

Luke Booker - 1794 - 340 pages
...Whatever mine eyes defired, 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...to do : and behold- all was Vanity and Vexation of Spirit." Unhappy Monarch !—What, in this catalogue of enjoyments, is there that has not a tendency...
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The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D. L.L.D. Late President of the ...

John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1800 - 620 pages
...as a fource of prefent comfort, he affirms the vanity of them all : Ecclef. ii. n. " Then I looked on all the works that " my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had la" bored to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation " of fpirit, and there was...
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