 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: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered...  Select British Classics - Page 2971803Full view - About this book
 | 1611 - 360 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...under the sun, and it [seemed] 14 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 }>S built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pages
...by a great king, who built great bulwarks against it, and there wos 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... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...also under the sun, and it Ktmed great unto me ; 14 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 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...suddenly with unavoidable calamities. IX. 14 There was a little city, and few men within it ; and then came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. There were many men in it, yet but one wise man : the number of the other was helpless, if not burdenous:... | |
 | 1809 - 556 pages
...his batteries, doubted not to take it speedily, or to have it surrendered into his hands ; Ver. 1 5. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he...city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man.] When by a strange providence of God, there unexpectedly appeared a wise man, but he so poor that nobody... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was a little city, and few men within it ; 0 ") 1@ K : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 348 pages
...poverty, than 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 great bulwarks agdinst it : now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city ;... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14. 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 : 15. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; .yet no... | |
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