| Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1830 - 334 pages
...result—splendid disquietude ?— They are so much labour for the mouth, the ear, the eye, the moment. " Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. Yet better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done... | |
| 1849 - 1188 pages
...it at first : " Wherefore I praised the dead whicli are already dead, more than the living which arc yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they which...not seen the evil work that is done under the sun." So he thought then. He thought the dead were more to be envied than the living. He thought rt would... | |
| William Godwin - 1831 - 504 pages
...and their envy are perished; neither have they any more a reward." Add to this ; " Wherefore I praise the dead which are already dead, more than the living...better is he than both they, which hath not yet been." There can therefore be no just exception taken against our allowing ourselves freely to canvas the... | |
| William Godwin - 1831 - 614 pages
...their envy are perished ; neither have they any more a reward." Add to this ; " Wherefore I praise the dead which are already dead, more than the living...better is he than both they, which hath not yet been." There can therefore be no just exception taken against our allowing ourselves freely to canvas the... | |
| 1832 - 264 pages
...bliss that are, Not to be born is best by far ; i (') Compare Ecclesiastes iv. 2,3. — "Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than...not seen the evil work that is done under the sun." See also the following passage of Milton : " Better end here unborn, — why is life given To be thus... | |
| James Yonge - 1832 - 594 pages
...and the weary are at rest." Hear how the wise Preacher expresses the very same miserable thoughts: "I praised th.e dead, which are already dead, more...yet alive. Yea better is he than both they, which doth not hear, which hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun." And what says the pious... | |
| Joseph Ivimey - 1832 - 96 pages
...comforter : and on the side of their oppressors there was power ; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive!" That is, he considered death to be a privilege, compared with such a life of unpitied oppression, and... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...he which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. ^f4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour.... | |
| John Mason Duncan - 1834 - 276 pages
...comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was POWER, but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than...which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun." When one considers... | |
| 1847 - 600 pages
...those things that are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken." " Wherefore, I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive " — for they are taken away from the evil to come. The Beloved One hath been visiting His garden... | |
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