 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...  Estremadura, Leon, Gallicia, the Asturias, the Castiles (old and new), the ... - Page 917by Richard Ford - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...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, the poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...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, the poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
 | 1803 - 436 pages
...besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and ne, by his wisdom, delivered 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,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...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 the poor man's wisdom is despised, and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...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, the poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 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... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...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 that -:.iii poor man. a 1§ Then 1G Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless, the poor... | |
 | Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...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 by his wisdom delivered the 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... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it a hey rcmeinbereth that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the... | |
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