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 viii
... natural regret , that not a few familiar passages must be read in a new sense , they will also discover , I hope , that the new sense of these passages is at least as instructive as the old , and that the whole " Book gains in coherence ...
... natural regret , that not a few familiar passages must be read in a new sense , they will also discover , I hope , that the new sense of these passages is at least as instructive as the old , and that the whole " Book gains in coherence ...
Pagina 19
... natural that the Providential problem here discussed should fill a large space in Hebrew thought and literature ; that it should be , as you remember it was , the theme of many of the Psalms and of many of the prophetic " burdens " as ...
... natural that the Providential problem here discussed should fill a large space in Hebrew thought and literature ; that it should be , as you remember it was , the theme of many of the Psalms and of many of the prophetic " burdens " as ...
Pagina 36
... Nature by a frightful indulgence of the worst passions of man . It is enough to know that in Babylon idolatry took forms which henceforth made all forms of idolatry intolerable to he Jews ; that now , once for all , they renounced that ...
... Nature by a frightful indulgence of the worst passions of man . It is enough to know that in Babylon idolatry took forms which henceforth made all forms of idolatry intolerable to he Jews ; that now , once for all , they renounced that ...
Pagina 45
... nature to them . The despotic humour natural in " a ruling person was thus nourished till it ran to the wildest excess . " He was their lord and master , absolute disposer of their lives , liberties , and property , the sole fountain of ...
... nature to them . The despotic humour natural in " a ruling person was thus nourished till it ran to the wildest excess . " He was their lord and master , absolute disposer of their lives , liberties , and property , the sole fountain of ...
Pagina 46
... natural indignation and grief , and to compliment the royal archer on the excellence of his shooting . Despising trade and commerce as menial and degrading , the ruling class of a vast empire , with a monopoly of office and boundless ...
... natural indignation and grief , and to compliment the royal archer on the excellence of his shooting . Despising trade and commerce as menial and degrading , the ruling class of a vast empire , with a monopoly of office and boundless ...
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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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Pagina 307 - 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 10 - 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 248 - 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 62 - 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 122 - 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 56 - 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 83 - 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 131 - 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 122 - 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 314 - 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.