 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...suddenly upon them. 13 ' This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was. a little city, anc few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and be2 С 20 On wisdom andfully sieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found... | |
 | William French - 1831 - 134 pages
...companion. 3 builded — Compare xir. 1. Note. 4 goodly — Heb. pleasant. 5 A wise man « mighty — " 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." Eccles. ix. 14, 15, 16. 6 with success — Heb. for thyself,... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1831 - 216 pages
...wisdom to warlike weapons ! " This wisdom have I also seen under the sun, andit 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 poor man's wisdom is despised, and his... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1831 - 590 pages
...rewarded when they are not recommended by their union with the ornamental appendages of rank or fortune. " There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king * 1 Kings xxii. 8. against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : now there was... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...soul.] DCCCXLII. WISDOM NOTIONALLY APPROVED, BUT PRACTICALLY DISREGARDED. Eccl. ix. 14 — 16. Tltere was a little city, and few men within it : and there...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... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 734 pages
...rewarded when they are not recommended by their union with the ornamental appendages of rank or fortune. "There was a little city, and few men within it ;...delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man."f From these and various other causes that might be specified, we see how uncertain are the recompenses... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...vessel. Pt. xxxi. 12. Until the time that his word came ; the word of the Lord tried him. Pi. cv. 19. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he...wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that poor man : then said I, Wisdom it better than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom it despised,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 592 pages
...rewarded when they are not recommended by their union with the ornamental appendages of rank or fortune. " There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king * 1 Kings xxii. 8. against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : now there was... | |
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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... 
