1
That were a vain toil!
2
I exhaust myself in vain toil; I shall never succeed; but I am right to persevere, I am right to go on pleasing myself.
3
Christ goes a-begging, and we spend our strength in vain toil to acquire what we turn away from when it is offered us in Him.
4
Quantity and accent may in vain toil to produce a little effect, but emphasis comes at once and monopolizes the power of them both.]
5
If anticipated evil is the shadow of life, the vain toils of restless ambition are its menace.
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Vain toil it is!