 | 1824 - 492 pages
...stone?" Nor are instances wanting of the ancient date of such neglect. "There was," says Solomon, " a little city, and few men within it ; and there came...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now, there was found in it A POOR WISE MAN, and HE, by his wisdom, DELIVERED... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1825 - 688 pages
...city and few men within it ; and there came «l great king against it and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor...the city : yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor mans wisdom is despised, and his... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...suddenly upon them. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 ties testify against us, do thou it for thy name's...backslidings are many ; we have sinned against th great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...et liberavit earn per sapientiam suam ; et nullus deinceps reoordatus est hominis illius pauperis" (There was a little city, and few men within it ;...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...suddenly upon them. 13 f This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was a little city, and few men within it ; and...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...it; aud there came a great king against h, and besieget it, and built great bulwarks against it : 10 7 dial same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom u bet•1er than strength : nevertheless the poor man's... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...: and tliere came a greut king against it, and besieged it,and built great bulwarks against it. lo M 16 Then said I, wisdom it belter than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...ix. 1—3. And afterwards : " This wisdom have I seen under the sun ; and it seemed great unto me, There was a little city, and few men within it ; and...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered... | |
 | 1827 - 412 pages
...description of a poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it ; and...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...description of a poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the Wise Man : " There was a little city, and few men within it; and...great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered... | |
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I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by... 
