| 1611 - 360 pages
...suddenly upon them. This wisdom have 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...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 same... | |
| Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 pages
...tko' ever ft deferring, are generally flighted and made - little of. ECdefiaJlet ix. 14. There was a little City, and few Men within it ; and there came a great King agaiuft it, and beficged it, and built great Bulwarks againft it : Now there was found in it a poor... | |
| Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 530 pages
...CHRIST, and the Ingratitude of Men to the glorious REDEEMER, represented. * ECCL. ix. 14, 15. There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king againft is, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againft it; now, there vias found in it a poor... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 314 pages
...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 there came...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... | |
| 1803 - 376 pages
...his poverty ,than 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...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... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came...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 same... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...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 there came...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... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...precautions. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] 14 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 }>S built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom,... | |
| Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...hands full with toil and vexation of fpirit. i> , io....Wifdom is better than weapons of war. There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king againft it, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againil it. Now there was found in it a poor... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...them. 13 «| This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it Ktmed great unto me ; 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came...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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