 | 1611 - 360 pages
...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...yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I,Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poorman's wisdom is despised, and his words are... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...by a great king, who built great bulwarks against it, and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his 'wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man, chap. ix. 14, 15. Then courtiers mean and ungrateful, basely forsook their old master, and paid their... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built...wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...that in the words of the wise man. ' There was a little city, and few men within: and there came a great king against it: and besieged it, and built...wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously... | |
 | 1803 - 436 pages
...in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built...it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and ne, by his wisdom, delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, wisdom... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and chance happeneth to them all. There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built...Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The self -deception of concealment from the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...that in the words of the wise man: " There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built...wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and }>S built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom, by some wise counsel or »tratagem, delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that 16 same poor man.... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 1806 - 406 pages
...by a great king, who built great bulwarks against it, and there wos found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man, chap. ix. 14, 15. Then courtiers mean and ungrateful, basely forsook their old master, and paid their... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...sun, and it Ktmed great unto me ; 14 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 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man... | |
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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... 
