 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
 | 1839 - 444 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... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...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 - 212 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,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...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.... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 120 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... | |
 | Theology - 626 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,... | |
 | William Bridge - Theology - 1845 - 468 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... | |
 | 1845 - 702 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 - Presbyterian Church - 1845 - 240 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 - 868 pages
...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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