 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Apologetics - 1768 - 360 pages
...vanity of them all : Ecclef. iL ii." Then 1 looked on ail the works " that my hands had wrought, snd on the labour " that I had laboured to do : and behold, all " was vanity and vexation of fpirit, and there *' was no prcfit under the fun." And towards the clofe-of the fame book, ch xii.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 318 pages
...water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees. Verf. 6. 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 fpirit ; and there was no profit under the fun. Verf. n. I gat me men-fingers and women-fingers, and... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 480 pages
...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 the labour that I had laboured...to do — 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... | |
 | Thomas Fairfax Baron Fairfax - Great Britain - 1786 - 492 pages
...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 the labour that I had laboured to do, 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... | |
 | 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,...of Spirit ; and there was no Profit under the Sun. A moft mortifying Conclufion indeed, though we all find it to be a true one ; that all our Toil and... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...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 the labour that I had laboured...to do: 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,... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1794 - 340 pages
...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 I had laboured...and behold- all was Vanity and Vexation of Spirit." Unhappy Monarch !—What, in this catalogue of enjoyments, is there that has not a tendency to end... | |
 | John Farrer - Parables - 1801 - 394 pages
...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 had laboured...vexation of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun d. Very different is the character which he gives of Religion under the name of Wisdom : Happy is the... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...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 the labour that I had laboured to do, 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... | |
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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. 
