The Quest of the Chief Good: Expository Lectures on the Book Ecclesiastes : with a New TranslationArthur Miall, 1867 - 320 |
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... been more than sixty years of age when he died ; yet it was not till he was " old " that his wives " turned away his heart from the Lord his God . " - 1 Kings xi . 4 . many follies , we can hardly think of him as 16 INTRODUCTION .
... been more than sixty years of age when he died ; yet it was not till he was " old " that his wives " turned away his heart from the Lord his God . " - 1 Kings xi . 4 . many follies , we can hardly think of him as 16 INTRODUCTION .
Strona 74
... turned to look on all the works which my hands had wrought , And at the labour which it cost me to accomplish them , Behold , all was vanity and vexation of spirit ; For there is no profit under the sun ! 11 THEN I turned to compare ...
... turned to look on all the works which my hands had wrought , And at the labour which it cost me to accomplish them , Behold , all was vanity and vexation of spirit ; For there is no profit under the sun ! 11 THEN I turned to compare ...
Strona 75
... turned to cause my heart to despair Of all the gain which I gained under the sun : 20 21 For here is a man who hath laboured wisely and prudently and dexterously , And he must leave it as a portion to a man who hath not laboured therein ...
... turned to cause my heart to despair Of all the gain which I gained under the sun : 20 21 For here is a man who hath laboured wisely and prudently and dexterously , And he must leave it as a portion to a man who hath not laboured therein ...
Strona 80
... turned and saw IV . 1 All the oppressed who are suffering under the sun : I beheld the tears of the oppressed , And they had no comforter ; And their oppressors were violent , Yet had they no comforter : And I accounted the dead who ...
... turned and saw IV . 1 All the oppressed who are suffering under the sun : I beheld the tears of the oppressed , And they had no comforter ; And their oppressors were violent , Yet had they no comforter : And I accounted the dead who ...
Strona 81
... turned and saw a vanity under the sun : Here is a man who hath no one with him , Not even a son or a brother ; And yet there is no end to all his labour , Neither are his eyes satisfied with riches : For whom then doth he labour and ...
... turned and saw a vanity under the sun : Here is a man who hath no one with him , Not even a son or a brother ; And yet there is no end to all his labour , Neither are his eyes satisfied with riches : For whom then doth he labour and ...
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Babylonian beast better Book of Esther brief day caprice Captivity Chap cheerful Chief children of men Coheleth comfort conclusion craving dark death delights despot devotion Divine duty earth empire enjoy enjoyment evil eyes faith fathers favour fear folly fool foolish gains give goeth Golden Mean hand happy hath heart heaven Hebrew Preacher Herodotus hope human Jerusalem Jews judgment king labour laws learned Literally live look Maurice de Guérin means mirth moral nature neighbours noble oppressions Ormazd Persian Persian Empire pleasure Prudence put eternity Quest Rabbi race reign reward riches righteous rule sacred satisfied satraps saw IV Scriptures seek selfish sense Solomon soul Talmud temper things thou thought tion toil true trust truth utter vanity and vexation Vanity of vanities VERSE vexation of spirit VIII wealth wicked wisdom wise words worship Xerxes
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