 | 1847 - 720 sayfa
...their sides ached again. I could not help repeating to my young friends the words of Solomon, — 'I said of laughter, it is mad; and of mirth what doeth it.' Do not suppose, however, my read- j ers, that I forbid laughing : on the contrary, I enjoy a hearty... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 234 sayfa
...afflict us. Solomon's experience must have been of a painful kind, when it wrung from him the words, " I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?" Seeing, then, that we are all liable to sudden afflictions; that, in the wildest transport of joy,... | |
 | 1842 - 368 sayfa
...momentary mirth, it causes often depression. Solomon tried this kind of mirth, but he found it vanity. " I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it?" Eccles. ii. 2. And again he says, " Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 sayfa
...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 mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom ; and to... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 sayfa
...16—18. 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 sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, &c. I made me great works : I builded me houses,... | |
 | 1843 - 592 sayfa
...Almighty against him : how can he be happy 1 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. " I said of laughter, it is mad ; and of mirth, what doeth it 1" It is but a sickly moment, and dream of joy. The lot of the child of God becomes reversed in the... | |
 | Joseph Williams Blakesley - 1843 - 236 sayfa
...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 ?*" The very best discipline, then, which the resources of the unassisted reason of Mankind could at... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1844 - 712 sayfa
...time for it. The same wise man doth not justify carnal mirth, but condemns it : Eccles. ii. 2, " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it 1" Object. 2. If we avoid all such things, it will be the way for our young people to be ignorant how... | |
 | 626 sayfa
...grins through a horse-collar, or eats hasty-pudding, where everybody can see what he is about. " I said of laughter, it is mad ; and of mirth, what doeth it ?" was the sentiment of the wisest of men. How deeply and painfully was it present with me in glancing... | |
 | 1858
...dizzy. He " withheld his heart from no joy." Then, as he returned to God, from whom he had wandered, he said of laughter, "It is mad,'' and of mirth, " What doeth it?" and of all his climbing, "It is vanity and vexation of spirit." Severus, Emperor of Rome, climbed from... | |
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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 
