 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?  London Society - Side 53redigeret af - 1880Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Haig Miller - 1851 - 142 sider
...to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it ? I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1852 - 528 sider
...certain actions which "good conscience" approves and enjoins. 755. Effuse : Profuse, excessive. 756. " I said of laughter, it is mad; and of mirth, what doeth it? The heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Sorrow is better than laughter. As *he crackling of thorns... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1852 - 393 sider
...found that the worldling's frolic can never reanimate the joys which guilt has slain and buried. " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it?" So, after a moody interval, he bethought him how to blend the two. Philosophy by itself had failed,... | |
 | Matthew Prior, John Mitford - 1853 - 402 sider
...rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion, &c. Psalm cxxxvii. 1. I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, what doeth it V Ecclesiastes, ii. 2. No man can find out the work that God maketh, from the beginning to the end.... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 544 sider
...xxvi. 19. "so is the man who deceiveth his neighbour, and Raith, Am not I in sport?" Eccles. ii. 2. " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ?" vii. 2 — 4. " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 540 sider
...xxvi. 19. " so is the man who deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?" Eccles. ii. 2. " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ?" vii. 2 — 4. " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1853 - 400 sider
...found that the worldling's frolic can never reanimate the joys which guilt has slain and buried. " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ?" So, after a moody interval, he bethought him how to blend the two. Philosophy by itself had failed,... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 sider
...to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it ? 3 I sought in my mine heart ' to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1853 - 534 sider
...xxvi. 19. " so is the man who deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?" Eccles. ii. 2. " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it?" vii. 2 — 4. " it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting :... | |
 | Scotland Church of - 1853 - 804 sider
...withering before his eyes. He drained the cup of pleasure, and felt the dregs wormwood in his throat. He " said of laughter it is mad, and of mirth what doeth it ?" And as we behold the king whom inonarchs came to see, the king whose wisdom had become a proverb... | |
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