 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 919by Richard Ford - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1839
...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... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839
...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, the poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
 | Edward James Moor - 1840
...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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840
...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 idle is like a hedge of thorns.... | |
 | Sarah Alcock - United States - 1843 - 110 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." Eccles. ix. 14, 15. We think we cannot find any occurrence that more appositely applies to the... | |
 | John Campbell
...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,... | |
 | William Bridge - 1845
...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... | |
 | Bibles - 1845 - 691 pages
...king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it a by man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
 | Jonathan Cogswell - 1845 - 228 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. It may be admitted that the church is at present increasing in a knowledge of her external state... | |
 | John Tricker Conquest - 1846
...king against it, and be.-iesed it, and built great bulwarks against it; now there was found in it a 15 e went 20 up to his father's house. But Samson's vife was given to his companion, whom be bad man. Then said I, Wie- 16 dom Is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
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