 | 1842 - 268 pages
...in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom." There was taste : "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... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...gardening among the pleasures he had tasted in his search after happiness : " I made me great works ; 1 builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards ; I made me gardens and orchards."—Eccles. ii. 14. From Xenophon and other writers we have a few notices of the Persian giudens.... | |
 | William Merry - 1839 - 112 pages
...mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that • 1 John ii. 15. good for the sons of men, which they should do under...heaven all the days of their life. I made me great worki ; 1 builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards ./ made me gardens and orchards, and I planted... | |
 | 1839 - 496 pages
...Bible, respecting one who lived almost three thousand years ago? "I made me great works ; I buiided 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 young trees ; I got me servants,"... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 pages
...Meaning excessive laughter, dissolute and frantick merriment. Bp. Patrick. hold on folly, till I might ad. 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, f all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards... | |
 | Henry Martyn - 1839 - 928 pages
...possible, and I find, that even in imagination I cannot satisfy myself. I set myself to see what is that " Good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life," and I find that paradise is not here. Many things are delightful,... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1840 - 720 pages
...good, and which in all its bearings and relations is conducive to the best interests of man? What is that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life ? (ii. 3.J " This is the object of the preacher s inquiry ; and, after discussing various erroneous... | |
 | Heaven - 1840 - 198 pages
...coine to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem. I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards." " So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem ; also my wisdom remained... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1841 - 388 pages
...enjoy pleasure. I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, and to lay hold on folly till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which...the days of their life. I made me great works ; I huilded me houses ; I planted me vineyards ; I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1841 - 448 pages
...reckoneth with his servants. Will it be a satisfactory account to render, in the words of Solomon,9 Lord, " I made me great works : I builded me houses ; I planted...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 ;... | |
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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... 
