The Quest of the Chief Good: Expository Lectures on the Book Ecclesiastes : with a New TranslationArthur Miall, 1867 - 320 pagina's |
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Pagina 18
... Mirth , Affairs , Wealth , and as finding them all incompetent to satisfy the cravings of his soul ; as attaining no rest or peace until he had learned a simple enjoyment of simple pleasures , a patient constancy under heavy trials , a ...
... Mirth , Affairs , Wealth , and as finding them all incompetent to satisfy the cravings of his soul ; as attaining no rest or peace until he had learned a simple enjoyment of simple pleasures , a patient constancy under heavy trials , a ...
Pagina 20
... mirth and affluence ; when he saw the only nation that attempted obedience to a Divine Law groaning under the evils of a captivity embittered by the cruel caprices of an Oriental despotism and unrelieved by any hope of deliverance ...
... mirth and affluence ; when he saw the only nation that attempted obedience to a Divine Law groaning under the evils of a captivity embittered by the cruel caprices of an Oriental despotism and unrelieved by any hope of deliverance ...
Pagina 53
... mirth - his palaces , vineyards , pleasure - grounds , with their reservoirs and fountains , crowds of attendants , treasures of gold and silver , the harem full of beauties of all races- seems taken direct from the ample state of some ...
... mirth - his palaces , vineyards , pleasure - grounds , with their reservoirs and fountains , crowds of attendants , treasures of gold and silver , the harem full of beauties of all races- seems taken direct from the ample state of some ...
Pagina 72
... mirth , And thou shalt see pleasure : ' And , lo , this too is vanity ! To mirth I said , ' Thou art mad ! ' 2 And to pleasure , What canst thou do ? ' I thought in my heart to allure my body with pleasure , 3 VERSE 17. To find ...
... mirth , And thou shalt see pleasure : ' And , lo , this too is vanity ! To mirth I said , ' Thou art mad ! ' 2 And to pleasure , What canst thou do ? ' I thought in my heart to allure my body with pleasure , 3 VERSE 17. To find ...
Pagina 89
... mirth , For by a sad countenance the heart is bettered : The heart of the wise therefore is in the house of mourning , But in the house of mirth is the heart of fools . 3 4 It is better for a man to listen to the reproof of the wise ...
... mirth , For by a sad countenance the heart is bettered : The heart of the wise therefore is in the house of mourning , But in the house of mirth is the heart of fools . 3 4 It is better for a man to listen to the reproof of the wise ...
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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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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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?
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.