 | 1611 - 360 sider
...falleth 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...the city; 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... | |
 | Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 sider
...the Poor 3 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... | |
 | 1786 - 670 sider
...defcription of a poor man, wiu.ilmerits are loll in his poverty, than that in the words of the wile man. • There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came agréât king againlt it, and befieged it, and built gnat bulwarks againft it: now there was found... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1796 - 530 sider
...Church by 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... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 sider
...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 - 1802 - 314 sider
...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...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... | |
 | 1803 - 376 sider
...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...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... | |
 | 1803 - 436 sider
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sider
...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...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... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...to men of 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...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... 
