The Quest of the Chief Good: Expository Lectures on the Book Ecclesiastes : with a New TranslationArthur Miall, 1867 - 320 sider |
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Side 48
... winds up with a seven days ' carousal . + When his heart was " merry with wine , " the king commands that Vashti his queen should be brought into the banqueting- hall to show her beauty to the people and the princes . Now to this day it ...
... winds up with a seven days ' carousal . + When his heart was " merry with wine , " the king commands that Vashti his queen should be brought into the banqueting- hall to show her beauty to the people and the princes . Now to this day it ...
Side 56
... wind of it will sweep off , or a reputation for wisdom and goodness which will be no protection against the despotic humours of men dressed in a little brief authority ! If our own great poet , in an unrestful and despairing mood ...
... wind of it will sweep off , or a reputation for wisdom and goodness which will be no protection against the despotic humours of men dressed in a little brief authority ! If our own great poet , in an unrestful and despairing mood ...
Side 70
... wind goeth toward the south , and veereth to the north ; 6 It whirleth round and round , Yet the wind returneth on its course . All the streams run into the sea , yet the sea doth not overflow : 7 To the place whence the streams came ...
... wind goeth toward the south , and veereth to the north ; 6 It whirleth round and round , Yet the wind returneth on its course . All the streams run into the sea , yet the sea doth not overflow : 7 To the place whence the streams came ...
Side 71
... wind . " But the time- honoured phrase " vexation of spirit " sufficiently expresses the Writer's meaning . It seems better therefore to retain it than to introduce the Hebrew metaphor which , though it be very expressive , has a ...
... wind . " But the time- honoured phrase " vexation of spirit " sufficiently expresses the Writer's meaning . It seems better therefore to retain it than to introduce the Hebrew metaphor which , though it be very expressive , has a ...
Side 85
... wind ? Yet all his days he eateth in darkness , 17 And is much perturbed and hath vexation and grief . VERSE 14. An unlucky enterprise . Literally , " an employment of evil : " i.e. a project with evil or unfortunate results . The ...
... wind ? Yet all his days he eateth in darkness , 17 And is much perturbed and hath vexation and grief . VERSE 14. An unlucky enterprise . Literally , " an employment of evil : " i.e. a project with evil or unfortunate results . The ...
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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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Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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?
Side 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.
Side 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.