 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...  The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator - Side 437af Joseph Addison - 1854Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1611 - 360 sider
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 314 sider
...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 despised, and his words are not heard.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty... | |
 | 1803 - 376 sider
...,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 it, and built...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty... | |
 | 1803 - 436 sider
...besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and ne, by his wisdom, delivered the city ; yet no man remembered...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...time 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...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The self -deception of concealment from the eye of man whilst tiie eye of Providence is upon all our... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sider
...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 despised, and his words are not heard." The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 sider
...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.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sider
...wise counsel or stratagem, delivered the city ; yet no- man remembered that 16 same poor man. Tlren said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless,...wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard ; such i»the folly and ingratitude of men, that thfypay more regard to external appearances than to... | |
 | 1807 - 570 sider
...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...wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that -:.iii poor man. a 1§ Then 1G Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless, the poor... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 318 sider
...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...nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words aro not heard.' The middle condition seems to be. the most advantageously situated for the gaining... | |
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