 | Isaac Barrow - 1819 - 200 pàgines
...there is no sort of knowledge, to which he did not apply his study; witness himself in those words, " I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven." Such a Scholar was he ; and such if we have a noble ambition to be, we must use the course he did ;... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pàgines
...come with those that shall come after. 12 UI the Preacher was king over Israel IK no in Jerusalem. 13 1 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with thingt that are done under heaven : this sore travail bath God given to the sons of man to be exercised... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 pàgines
...greatest fatigue and exposure under a burning sun, and their drink is water. MEDITATIONS FOR JULY. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." — ECCLES. i. 14. Sin has spread a curse around,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 342 pàgines
...inquiries, the weariness of his labours, and the 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... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 pàgines
...as himself. Once more: — The wisdom of this world is vanity; its policy; its arts; its learning. "I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom,...done under Heaven: I have seen all the works that are under the sun: and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."* "And I gave my heart to know wisdom;... | |
 | Frances Arabella Rowden - 1820 - 178 pàgines
...greatest improvement. We are told in the beautiful metaphor of oriental language by him, " who gave his heart " to seek and search out by wisdom concerning " all things, that are under heaven,1 and who "had great experience of wisdom and knowledge," I Eccles. i. 13. what are the... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1829 - 370 pàgines
...Christ Jesus our Lord. SERMON XXII. THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE. ECCLESIASTES, I. 14. I HAVE SEEN ALL. THE WORKS THAT ARE DONE UNDER THE SUN ; AND BEHOLD ALL IS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT. THERE are some maxims of practical morality, •which... | |
 | 1821 - 334 pàgines
...inquiries, the weariness of his labours, and the 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 448 pàgines
...inquiries, the weariness of his labours, and the 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... | |
 | 1843 - 684 pàgines
...and being restless to discover wherein the secret of true happiness consists, I pondered the matter, and I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom...concerning all things that are done under heaven; in other words, I applied the best powers ef my mind to the study of natural philosophy ; endeavouring,... | |
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 
