 | Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a unces blessed the lot of those that should go out in the Gospel times to sow 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom 8. Let thy garments be always white... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...the greatest errors. s There was a little city and few men with,-i ,t, and there came a 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... | |
 | Edward James Moor - 1840 - 212 pages
...and its " few men." " There was a little city (says Solomon) and few men within it: and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it." He came in earnest. He did not come in sight of those rebels in the little town merely to frighten... | |
 | Robert South - Sermons, English - 1842 - 626 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Sermons, English - 1842 - 586 pages
...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... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 120 pages
...in the language of King Solomon: "There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built...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... | |
 | Theology - 626 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...Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." The only unsatisfactory portion of this interesting... | |
 | My school-boy days - 1844 - 190 pages
...Solomon. — ' There was a little city,' says he, ' and few men within it ; and there came a great ting against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city.' But the world does not think as Solomon thought, for he adds : 'yet no man remembered that same poor... | |
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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... 
