 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
 | Athanase Coquerel - Christian education - 1851 - 172 pages
...pleasure ; and, behold, this also is vanity." (Eccl. ii. 1.) "1 have seen all the works which are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." (Eccl. i. 14.) " His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth ; in that very day his thoughts... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...to a precipice; See BOSSUET, Sermon BUT la Resurrection. P. 67, 1. 16. We fly ; no retting for the foot we find; "I have considered," says Solomon, "all the works that are under the BUD ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." But who believes it, till death tells it us... | |
 | David Thomas - 674 pages
...heaven. My heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." His general estimate of human life is given in the dirge-like strain, " Vanity of vanities, all is... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...God given to the sons of man 3 to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and 4 that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
 | 1853 - 506 pages
...hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 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 cannot be made straight : and that which i3 wanting cannot be numbered. I communed... | |
 | Mrs. A. C. Judson - Bible - 1853 - 206 pages
...He had made,'and behold, it was very good. — GEN. 1 : 81. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. — EOOL. 1 : 14 Behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth. Joy and gladness shall bo found therein,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 468 pages
...agendum." — Lucan II. 657. (3) See Bossuet, Sermon sur la Resurrection. W <- I have c msidered," says Solomon, " all the works that are under the sun , and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.1' But who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It is Death alone that can make man to know... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1854 - 736 pages
...visible expression of those sobering words of the Preacher : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." VOL. H. — 8 Katharine Ashton, though still young, had full cause now to realise this truth ; the... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1854 - 422 pages
...visible expression of those sobering words of the Preacher : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Katharine Ashton, though still young, had full cause now to realise this truth ; the dark night of... | |
 | 1879 - 400 pages
...hath God given to tha sons of man to be exercised therewith. 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 cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed... | |
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