 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1839 - 142 sidor
...few men within it; and there came a great king 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. " Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; the words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the... | |
 | John Pring - 1839 - 184 sidor
...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 his wisdom delivered the city." (Eccles. ix. 14, 15.) Only think, my dear brother ; what a rich man it would make him, if divine Wisdom... | |
 | 1840 - 870 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 man. 9 A soft answer turneth away wrath. i« The journey of the idle is like a hedge of thorns.... | |
 | Robert South - 1842 - 626 sidor
...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... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 546 sidor
...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... | |
 | James Brogden - 1842 - 586 sidor
...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 sidor
...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...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 sidor
...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...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." The only unsatisfactory portion of this interesting and valuable document is the following : — "Your... | |
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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... 
