 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 19by Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Farrer - Parables - 1801 - 394 pages
...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...laboured to do; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun d. Very different is the character which he gives of... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...would conclude fo : ' Solomon certainly knows beft ; let us alk him, What does he fay ? " Lo! 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" Well, gentlemen, you, I mean who think that if if you had but... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pages
...water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees, ver. 6. Tata I looked on atlthcwor&s that my hands had wrought , and on the labour that I had laboured to do i and, behold, nil was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no pro;it under the sun, ver. I).... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802 - 592 pages
...heart from any joy." But hear likewife what judgment he paffes upon all his pleafures : " 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 fpirit, and there was no profit under... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 636 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 i'pirit, and there... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...; 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...do ,- and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. After making many other observations upon human life,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 566 pages
...fame forrowful ccni feffion from him, -which it did from Solomon in the like cafe, — Lo ! I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...that I had laboured to do and behold all was vanity au4 A 6 vexation of fpirit and there was no profit to me under the fun. To inflame this account the... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pages
...the fame forrowful confeffion from him, which it did from Solomon in the like cafe, — Lo ! I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...I had laboured to do • and behold all was vanity ... cl vexation of fpirit and there was no profit to me under the fun. To inflame this account the... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...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...to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and th-ere was no profit under the sun, What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...portion, the pleasure ceased vath the novelty, and\ 1 / quickly wanted some fresh object. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...do : and. behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness,... | |
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