 | 1611 - 360 pages
...and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly , till...me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1751 - 452 pages
...magnificent. Ecclef. ii. from the 4th verfe, / made me great works, I builded me houfes, I planted vineyards, I made me gardens and orchards, and planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits -, I made me pooh of water to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees ;... | |
 | William Jabet - Sermons, English - 1787 - 348 pages
...to lay hold on Folly, till I might fee, what -was that Good for the Sons of Men, which they jJjould do under the Heaven all the Days of their Life. I made me great Works. I builded me Houfes. I planted me Vineyards. I gathered me alfo Stiver and Gold. I got me Men-lingers and Women-fingers,... | |
 | William Charles L. Martin - 1799 - 200 pages
...extend commerce, to patronize science, to build and plant, and accumulated treasures. His own words are, "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 made me pools of water, to water therewith th« wood... | |
 | John Farrer - Parables - 1801 - 394 pages
...mad; and of mirth, tzkat doeth it? I fought in my heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till...what was that good for the sons of men, which they shall do under the heaven all the days of their life. I made me great works; 'I builded me houses;... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pages
...myielf unto wine (yet acquainring mine heart with 'wisdom] and to lay hold on folly, till 1 might iee what was that good for the sons of men which they should da under the heaven alt the days of their life, ver. 3. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...in mine heart to give myself unto wine, (yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom,) and to lay hold cm folly, till I might see what was that good for the...me vineyards; I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits; I made the pools of water, to water therewith the wood... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...and leaves a man unxatisjied. I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay hold on folly, till...do under the heaven all the days of their life ; I sought for haftpines» in entertainments and bunr/ucts, vet kept myself viitlr.n the bvitnds of sobriety... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...and leaves a man unsatisfied. 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 tfte sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life ; I sought for ha/>fiiness... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 470 pages
...the beginning of this book, had proposed it as a grand query to be discussed, " To find out what was good for the sons " of men, which they should do under the heavens, " all the days of their lives ?"— That is, what was the fittest employment, and the chief... | |
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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 kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees... 
