The Quest of the Chief Good: Expository Lectures on the Book Ecclesiastes : with a New TranslationArthur Miall, 1867 - 320 |
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Strona 62
... advantage of the Persian Empire that " the house of God " should be rebuilt in Jerusalem , since in that temple " sacrifices of sweet savours " would be offered to " the God of Heaven , " and prayers be uttered " for the life of the ...
... advantage of the Persian Empire that " the house of God " should be rebuilt in Jerusalem , since in that temple " sacrifices of sweet savours " would be offered to " the God of Heaven , " and prayers be uttered " for the life of the ...
Strona 79
... have the same spirit : And the man hath no advantage over the beast , For both are vanity : Both go to the same place ; 20 Both sprang from dust , and both turn into dust CHAP . III . v . 20 . 79 OR , THE PREACHER . 22.
... have the same spirit : And the man hath no advantage over the beast , For both are vanity : Both go to the same place ; 20 Both sprang from dust , and both turn into dust CHAP . III . v . 20 . 79 OR , THE PREACHER . 22.
Strona 84
... advantage for the people is , that it extendeth to all , 9 For even the king is a servant to the field . He that loveth silver is never satisfied with silver , Nor he that loveth riches with what they yield ; This too is vanity . 10 For ...
... advantage for the people is , that it extendeth to all , 9 For even the king is a servant to the field . He that loveth silver is never satisfied with silver , Nor he that loveth riches with what they yield ; This too is vanity . 10 For ...
Strona 85
... advantage hath he who laboureth for the wind ? Yet all his days he eateth in darkness , 17 And is much perturbed and hath vexation and grief . VERSE 14. An unlucky enterprise . Literally , " an employment of evil : " i.e. a project with ...
... advantage hath he who laboureth for the wind ? Yet all his days he eateth in darkness , 17 And is much perturbed and hath vexation and grief . VERSE 14. An unlucky enterprise . Literally , " an employment of evil : " i.e. a project with ...
Strona 88
... advantage hath the wise man over the fool , Or what the poor man over the magnate ? 8 It is better indeed to enjoy the good we have 9 Than to crave a good beyond our reach : Yet even this is vanity and vexation of spirit . That which ...
... advantage hath the wise man over the fool , Or what the poor man over the magnate ? 8 It is better indeed to enjoy the good we have 9 Than to crave a good beyond our reach : Yet even this is vanity and vexation of spirit . That which ...
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better Book Captivity carry Chap Chief close Coheleth comfort common conclusion course dark death desire despot devotion Divine duty earth enjoy enjoyment evil experience eyes fact faith fall fathers fear feel fool gains give given grow hand happy hath heart heaven Hebrew hold hope human Jews judgment king labour laws learned less light Literally live look means mind mirth moral nature neighbours never once oppressions pass Persian pleasure poor Preacher present Quest race rest riches righteous rule satisfied seek seems seen sense simply Solomon soul speak spirit stand suffer sure tell things thou thought toil true trust truth turns vanity VERSE wealth whole wicked wisdom wise worship wrongs
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Strona 303 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Strona 8 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his figtree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Strona 244 - Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before • the Lord : For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Strona 58 - Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, the Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth ; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Strona 118 - I CHATTER over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Strona 52 - And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority, And folly doctor-like controlling skill, And simple truth miscall'd simplicity, And captive good attending captain ill.
Strona 79 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Strona 127 - For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
Strona 118 - I steal by lawns and grassy plots, ' I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers.
Strona 310 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.