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 viii
... wherein the Preacher gives so af- fecting a detail of the various methods he pursued to spend his days in the most pleasing manner , and how little they answered his ex- pectations ; what reader of taste could have been tired with the ...
... wherein the Preacher gives so af- fecting a detail of the various methods he pursued to spend his days in the most pleasing manner , and how little they answered his ex- pectations ; what reader of taste could have been tired with the ...
Pagina x
... wherein so many passages occur , which have perplexed men of much greater learning and sa- gacity than I can pretend to . This , however , I may venture to say , that , as I have spared no pains to come at the genuine sense and scope of ...
... wherein so many passages occur , which have perplexed men of much greater learning and sa- gacity than I can pretend to . This , however , I may venture to say , that , as I have spared no pains to come at the genuine sense and scope of ...
Pagina xi
... wherein he lays open , in the most pathetic terms , the source both of his crimes and misfortunes . For what can that expression mean , of his having found Woman more bitter than death , to whose al- lurements his apostacy was ...
... wherein he lays open , in the most pathetic terms , the source both of his crimes and misfortunes . For what can that expression mean , of his having found Woman more bitter than death , to whose al- lurements his apostacy was ...
Pagina xx
... wherein true Happiness consists . He applied himself , therefore , to that study which might produce a real and lasting advantage , namely , to render men wise to some purpose , that is , truly virtuous . The manner of his treating this ...
... wherein true Happiness consists . He applied himself , therefore , to that study which might produce a real and lasting advantage , namely , to render men wise to some purpose , that is , truly virtuous . The manner of his treating this ...
Pagina xxv
... wherein , like essence poured out of a small phial into a large vessel , it frequently happens , that the spirit almost entirely evaporates . I wish this may not have been sometimes my own case , though I have endeavoured to retain as ...
... wherein , like essence poured out of a small phial into a large vessel , it frequently happens , that the spirit almost entirely evaporates . I wish this may not have been sometimes my own case , though I have endeavoured to retain as ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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.