 | 1827 - 842 pages
...greut king against it, and besieged it,and built great bulwarks against it. lo Now there was found in es all that was willingly offered. 7 T. 16 Then said I, wisdom it belter than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and... | |
 | Robert South - 1827 - 490 pages
...True ; but still he was poor. And once grant this, and you cannot keep off that unavoidable sequel, The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. We may believe it upon Solomon's word, who was rich, as well as wise, and therefore knew the force... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...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 his wisdom, delivered...despised, and his words are not heard." The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among tools. 18 Wisdom... | |
 | John Hill - 1829 - 108 pages
...tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest ? Wth Stanza. Eccles. ix. 16.—Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 22d Stanza. 23d Stanza. Psalm cxlvi. 7.—Which executeth judgment for the oppressed, which giveth... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...wisdom andfully sieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : 15 Now there was found in it u юог wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor ian. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is belter than strength : nevertheless tin! poor man's wisdom is despised,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 540 pages
...is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.' And Solomon himself notes the same : ' The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' Not only those that swell with pride and swim in plenty, but even the meanest of the people, will be... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 668 pages
...this ? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.1 And Solomon himself notes the same : ' The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' Not only those that swell with pride and swim in plenty, but ev«n the meanest of the people, will... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1831 - 216 pages
...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 his wisdom delivered...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The words of wise men are heard in quiet, more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better... | |
 | William French - 1831 - 134 pages
...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 his wisdom delivered...man. Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength." Eccles. ix. 14, 15, 16. 6 with success — Heb. for thyself, je to your own advantage. 7 lofty —... | |
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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... 
