A paraphrase on ... Ecclesiastes. To which are added the text of the Authorized version, notes, and improvements by N. Higgins1824 |
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Pagina v
... taken the original plan for his guide , so far as he goes , yet the me- thod he has pursued , is far from judicious , and many of his excursi ons , not only exceeding tedious , but some quite foreign to the sub- ject ; having so managed ...
... taken the original plan for his guide , so far as he goes , yet the me- thod he has pursued , is far from judicious , and many of his excursi ons , not only exceeding tedious , but some quite foreign to the sub- ject ; having so managed ...
Pagina vii
... taken from that noble description of Old Age in the last chapter , where Solomon , after having enumerated the various infirmities attending old men , till they drop into the grave , mentions the last sympton , immediately forerunning ...
... taken from that noble description of Old Age in the last chapter , where Solomon , after having enumerated the various infirmities attending old men , till they drop into the grave , mentions the last sympton , immediately forerunning ...
Pagina viii
... taken but half as much pains in studying and copying the beauties of this sacred book , as he has done with those of the Classics , particularly his favourite Horace , we should probably have had a much finer Poem , beyond all ...
... taken but half as much pains in studying and copying the beauties of this sacred book , as he has done with those of the Classics , particularly his favourite Horace , we should probably have had a much finer Poem , beyond all ...
Pagina ix
... taken the liberty of criticising , that we have made some use of about three or four of his lines . As I knew of no others , who have attempted any thing of this kind , either in our own or any other language , I judged it the best and ...
... taken the liberty of criticising , that we have made some use of about three or four of his lines . As I knew of no others , who have attempted any thing of this kind , either in our own or any other language , I judged it the best and ...
Pagina xiv
... taken from certain passages , ill understood and worse applied , to patronize Libertinism , by such as pretend to judge of the whole from a single sentence , independent of the rest , without paying the least regard to the general scope ...
... taken from certain passages , ill understood and worse applied , to patronize Libertinism , by such as pretend to judge of the whole from a single sentence , independent of the rest , without paying the least regard to the general scope ...
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apostacy appears beauty Behold better blessings Book book of Ecclesiastes Book of Proverbs Chaldee charms cheerful Chyle dark death discourse divine earth Ecclesiastes ev'n ev'ry evil expression eyes folly fool form'd former ginal give glory goeth Golden Bowl grave hand happiness hath heart Heav'n Hebrew human impious Jaddua Jerusalem Jews judge King knoweth labour latter less lost man's meaning mighty mind mirth nature o'er observed original passage passions pleasures Poem pow'r Preacher precepts Prince Prudence pursuits rage reason reflection Rehoboam reign rendered righteous Royal sacred scene Scripture seems sense shew signifies Silver Cord Solomon soul sweet taste thee thine thing thought throne thyself tion toil Translation Tremellius truth vanity verse versions vice virtue virtuous Vulgate wealth Whate'er wherein whilst whole wicked wind wisdom wise woes words wretched youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 31 - A time to love, and a time to hate ; A time of war, and a time of peace.
Pagina 74 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit ; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Pagina 46 - 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.
Pagina 77 - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Pagina 80 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Pagina 46 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Pagina 36 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Pagina 58 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Pagina 106 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Pagina 47 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.