| Anna Bartlett Warner - 1880 - 298 páginas
...to the others, " there is one verse in the Bible I wish you to learn and take to heart: ' Better is an handful with quietness than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.'" CHAPTEE XIX. " SAND gardens, eh ?" said Mr. May, inspecting the flower-stands one morning. "Inexpensive,... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 306 páginas
...and vexation of spirit. The fool foldeth his hands 6 together, and eateth his own flesh. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. a Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. There 5. The fool foldeih his hands together] Simple... | |
| Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1881 - 312 páginas
...and vexation of spirit. The fool foldeth his hands 6 together, and eateth his own flesh. Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit, s Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. There 6. The fool foldeth his hands together] Simple... | |
| Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson - 1882 - 226 páginas
...tell you to take God with you in all you desire and undertake. For, as it is written, "Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit." Your Old Schoolmaster, BAABD ANDERSEN OPDAL. To THE MOST HONOURED Miss MAEIT KNUDSDATTER, HEIDE FARMS.... | |
| Anna Bartlett Warner - 1884 - 108 páginas
...hope, and quietly wait for the Lord.' ' Consider the lilies, how they grow ' (Matt, vi. 28). 'Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full, with travail and vexation of spirit ' (Eccles. iv. 6). Quietness indeed is the watchword of these old Bible saints : ' in quietness and... | |
| Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson - 1884 - 178 páginas
...Oyvind, to have your God with you in all your desires and undertakings, for it is written : " Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit." Ecclesiastes, iv. 6. Your old school-master, BAAED ANDEKSEN OPDAL. To THE MOST HONORED MAIDEN, MARIT... | |
| Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1884 - 604 páginas
...vexation of spirit. & i The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. <6> * Better is I take the wings of the morning, and dwell To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. WO P) Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. W There is one alone. and there is not a second... | |
| Edward John Hardy - 1887 - 300 páginas
...law — that, if anything, must surely be happiness. Hear the wise man's experience : " Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king who will no more be admonished." Those... | |
| John Milton - 1889 - 554 páginas
...enough." Eccles. iv. 5,6. "the fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh : better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit." 2 Thesa, iii. 10. "if any would not work, neither should he eat." LIBERALITY is a tejagggate use of... | |
| Michael Friedländer - 1891 - 552 páginas
...heaven " (iii. 1). "The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh " (iv. 5). " Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit " (iv. 6). " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and readiness to hear is better than... | |
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