 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.  Poems - Page 113by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 508 pages
...evermore. Amen. DISCOURSE LXIX. VANITY OF VANITIES. ECCLES. i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. THIS, if I mistake not, is the severest reflection that ever was made on the world. Whatsoever keen... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit, Eccl. i. 8. 14. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of liis heart, wherein he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 pages
...loss of his innocence, he obtained only this conclusion : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." That this result of Solomon's experience, thus solemnly bequeathed by him to all generations, may not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 pages
...much human nature is meliorated by religion. SERMON XII. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." ECcL. i. 14. THAT all human actions terminate in vanity, and all human hopes will end ir vexation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 602 pages
...much human nature is meliorated by religion. SERMON XII. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." ECcL. i. 14. THAT all human actions terminate in vanity, and all human hopes will end in vexation,... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...knowledge of the Creator. (Rom. i. 19. Psal. cxi. 2) Ver. 14. / have seen all the works that are done under the Sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit.'] The former words shewed the exactness of Solomon's search into natural and human things. That it was... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...the sons of men * to be ex- *^;""^lict erased therewith. 14 1 have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 P That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and P <*• »«• &• f that which is wanting... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven. — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked Vol.. II. 8 L cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven. — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked VOL. II. *L cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.... | |
 | George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 518 pages
...straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts... | |
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