...pleasure. " Then I looked on all the work. that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I hud laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun." Fourthly, Think how little worldly prosperity has distinguished many of the excellent of the earth....

...looked on all the works that my hands had wroi and on the labour that I ha. boured todo: and behold, all ible Society( "` 1830 <Stereotyped by A. Chandler, for " 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly : for what can the man do tha: cometh...

...any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11 Then 1 looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there teas no profit under the sun. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly : for...

...the pursuits and labours which engage us day by day, of which Solomon says, / looked on all the works my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do, — these are things seen. Every intellectual improvement, the stores of human learning and wisdom,...

...satisfaction. And then he sums up the matter in a method most instructive to a votary of the world : " I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on all the labor that I had labored to do, and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there...

...sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts." And in the eleventh verse, he says: " I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought — and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit." And though the Lord suffered the practice for a time,...

...peculiar treasure of kings of the provinces! and whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them! Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and behold! all was vanity and vexation of spirit! and there was no profit under the sun'! You hear that?...

...heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion of all my labour. "Then I looked on all the works that my hands had...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. "And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh...

...drama of pain' (p. 335) is biblically resonant of Ecclesiastes-which declares this world is nothing: 'all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun' (2. 11). But it differs from the Bible in that Elizabeth seems to believe neither in God nor in redemption...

...C'est tout), he initially makes the link between the stories of the burned book and the Holocaust: Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,...and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit. Vanity of Vanities. Chasing the wind. The children listened eagerly to what the King of Israel had...