 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...  Tracts of the Anglican fathers - Page 265de Anglican fathers - 1842Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1839 - 142 pages
...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... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...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; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...and there came a great king against it, and beseiged 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 same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is better than strength, nevertheless,... | |
 | 1839 - 1060 pages
...and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now d in all lands, when the desert of the Gentiles 8. Let thy garments be always white /] In opposition to the habit of mourners. The meaning is, Live... | |
 | Edward James Moor - 1840 - 212 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | James Brogden - 1842 - 586 pages
...account of a little 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,...indeed, and certainly we may expect that some honourable recompence should follow it ; a deliverer of his country, and that in such distress, could not but... | |
 | 1843 - 120 pages
...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; yet no man remembered that same poor man." Eccles. ix. 14, 15. We think we cannot find any occurrence... | |
 | My school-boy days - 1844 - 190 pages
...; and there came a great ting 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.' But the world does not think as Solomon thought, for he adds : 'yet no man remembered that same poor... | |
 | 626 pages
...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; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless... | |
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