 | Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 pages
...from any joy. And what was the result of all this toilsome forecast and provision ? Then, says he, / 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. From such a trial,... | |
 | James Dana - 1806 - 518 pages
...men-fingers and women-fingers, and mufical inftru^ ments of all forts. Whatfoever mine eyes defired, ** I kept not from them ; I withheld not my heart " from any joy." No one could be fupplied with the means of pleafure more than he. No one could have made more thorough... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...from any joy ; 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 the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation pf spirit, aud there was... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...ii. 4. I made me great works, I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards, See. to ver. 10. Ver. 11. 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... | |
 | William Penn - 1807 - 394 pages
...that of all sorts : So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem ; and whatsoever mine eyes desired, I kept not from them ; I withheld not mine heart from any joy. Then I looked on all the works which my hands had wrought, and behold, All... | |
 | 1790 - 820 pages
...of rralan) cxpeft to be happy in this world, if he was not > Wtwtfoevcr mine eyes c'eOred, fays lie, I kept not from them. I withheld not my heart from any j <y ; for my hrart rejoiced in all my labour, and this wis my portion nt all my labour. Then I koked... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them ; I 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... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1810 - 342 pages
...all other devices. For a close, I wish, as once Chrysostom did, that that sentence, Eccl. ii 11. (' 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pages
...fruit»." Ver. 5. I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that briugeth forth trees." Ver. 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 spirit ; and there was... | |
 | 1810 - 802 pages
...were before me la Jerufalem : alia my wifdom remained with me. 10 And whatfoevcr mine eyes detired К kept not from them : I withheld not my heart from any joy : for my heart rejoiced In all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour. u Then I looked... | |
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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. 
