 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1839 - 142 pages
...fruit. The Bible says, "There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it....wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. " Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; the words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 pages
...it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 word in all lands, when the desert of the Gentiles 8. Let thy garments be always white /] In opposition to the habit of mourners. The meaning is, Live... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...it ; and there camea great king against it, and besieged it, and bum great bulwarks against it : 15 , and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided....And the children of Israel went into the midst of nan. 16 Then said I, Wisdom it better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom '\ despised,... | |
 | Edward James Moor - 1840 - 212 pages
...blessing. He saved the town from the punishment which it deserved. As it is written in the Text: " Now there was found in it a poor wise Man : and he by his wisdom delivered the city." 3. How he performed it, or what he said, or did, we are not told. Perhaps the poor wise Man went to... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...errors. s There was a little city and few men with,-i ,t, and there came a great kin,,' 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 the city; yet no man remembered that poor wise... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 546 pages
...little city, with few men in it, besieged by a great and potent king ; and in verse 15 we read, that " there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." A worthy service indeed, and certainly we may expect that some honourable recompense should follow... | |
 | Robert South - 1842 - 626 pages
...city, with few men in it, besieged by a great and potent king, and in the 15th verse, we read, that there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. A worthy service indeed, and certainly we may expect that some honourable recompense should follow... | |
 | James Brogden - 1842 - 586 pages
...city with few men in it, besieged by a great and potent king, and in the 15th verse we read that " there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." A worthy service indeed, and certainly we may expect that some honourable recompence should follow... | |
 | 1843 - 120 pages
...Solomon: "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....the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man." Eccles. ix. 14, 15. We think we cannot find any occurrence that more appositely applies to the entire... | |
 | 626 pages
...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 :...the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his... | |
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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... 
