 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly , till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.  Sermons, and Other Discourses ... - Page 478de Samuel Lavington - 1815Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1834 - 204 pages
...which he was directed to record, for the instruction and the warning of every succeeding age: — " I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards ; I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits : — I gathered me also silver and... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1835 - 364 pages
...men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts, ver. 8. I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine (yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom) and...should do under the heaven all the days of their life. ver. 3. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me ; and why... | |
 | 1835 - 1176 pages
...and of mirth, What doeth it? 3. I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, (yet acquainting my heart with wisdom,) and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what ivas that good for the sons of men which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.... | |
 | Friedrich Strauss - 1835 - 320 pages
...said to have sealed with his own signet ring. Both may serve to explain the words of the Preacher. " I made me great works, I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards ; 1 made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits; I made me pools... | |
 | George Coles - 1836 - 406 pages
...trying all the varieties of worldly joy, and for judging of all he tried. He avows his great object to ' see what was that good for the sons of men, which...should do under the heaven all the days of their life.' (Chapter ii. 3.) His disposition being highly voluptuous, and insatiably inquisitive, co-operated with... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 700 pages
...all its bearings and relations is conducive to the best interests of man! What is that good for Ihe sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life ? (ii. 3.) " This is the object of the preacher s inquiry ; and, after discussing various erroneous... | |
 | John Pring - 1837 - 424 pages
...all human endeavours when it occurred to him, as he informs us in the review of his experiments, " to see what was that good for the sons of men, which...houses ; I planted me vineyards ; I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits ; I made me pools of water, to water... | |
 | 1837 - 680 pages
...: and of mirth, What doeth it ? 3 I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my be broken. 21 But there the glorious LORD will be...streams ; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neith ali the days of their life. 4 I made me gteat works ; I builded me houses ; antod me vineyards: I pi... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...mad, and of mirth, what doeth it ? I sought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till...might see what was that good for the sons of men. I made me great works, I builded me houses, I planted me vineyards, I made me gardens and orchards,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...wise man's entertainment. II. 3. I thought in my heart to give myself unto ttine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good, &c. I did yet further resolve, to give myself over to the pleasures of the palate and of the belly... | |
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