 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
 | American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...chapter of Ecclesiasties, verses 14 and 15, allude to? There -was a little city, and fe-w men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it ; Arov, there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered, the city ; yet no man... | |
 | Latin language - 1813 - 292 pages
...rivers come, thither they return again. (nee tamen. 3. There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it and besieged...man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet n» man remembered that same poor man. (quum pauperis ejus nem» memor esset.) . 4. Musick edifies,... | |
 | James Fishback - Apologetics - 1813 - 326 pages
...there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and beseiged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there...wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength. Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 462 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. ir. 14, 15. Then courtiers mean and ungrateful basely forsook their old master, and paid their... | |
 | 1828 - 498 pages
...SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED. THE POOR AND WISE MAN. Eccles, ix. 15. " N..IV there was found in it (the city,) a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." • WHEN Alexander the Great was about to destroy the city Lampracus, his old master, Anaximenes came... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...seen 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...the city. Yet no man remembered that same poor man," ver. 13 — 15. If the place had been saved by some rich citizen, the performance would have been applauded... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 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 man... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 332 pages
...to it, erected bulwarks against it, and entrenched it round : now there was found within the walls a poor wise man and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; but none remembered the same poor man. THIS parable describes the corrupt and malevolent nature of... | |
 | William Russel - Bible - 1816 - 122 pages
...from Ecclesiastes, and a verse of Proverbs : — " There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man." (Eccles. ix. t4, 15.) " The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding... | |
 | 1818 - 510 pages
...ungrateful and selfish creature is man ! When we read, " There was a little city, and few men •within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered the same poor man," Eccles. ht. 14, 15 ; — w'e are disgusted at the ingratitude of the citizens ;... | |
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