...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...

...vanity and vexation cf spirit, and tktrt IMJ no |M»-iii under the sun. 1.Í \ And I turned myseU'lo behold wisdom, and madness, and folly : for what can the man do lhat cometh after the king? errn that which hallt been already done. 13 Then I 4uw that wisdom excelletb...

...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, and on...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,...

...travail grief, yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. (2 : 11). Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do ; and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no...

...done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclei. i. 13, 14. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on...of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Eccles. ii. II, Therefore I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous...

...joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor : and this was my portion of all my labor. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was...

...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? 'No . . . profit . . . under . . . the sun ...''" He paused long and lingeringly between...

...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...

...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 on...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...