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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... "
Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy - Page 118
1824
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments and the ..., Volume 7

1611 - 360 pages
...suddenly upon them. This wisdom have 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...the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I,Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poorman's wisdom is despised, and his...
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Brett's Miscellany: Being, a Collection of Divine, Moral, Historical, and ...

Peter Brett - English literature - 1748 - 260 pages
...tko' ever ft deferring, are generally flighted and made - little of. ECdefiaJlet ix. 14. There was a little City, and few Men within it ; and there came a great King agaiuft it, and beficged it, and built great Bulwarks againft it : Now there was found in it a poor...
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Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred ..., Volume 5

Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1796 - 530 pages
...CHRIST, and the Ingratitude of Men to the glorious REDEEMER, represented. * ECCL. ix. 14, 15. There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king againft is, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againft it; now, there vias found in it a poor...
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Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)

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 their...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came...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 his...
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Select British Classics, Volume 16

English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...his poverty ,than that in the words of the wise man. ' There was a little city, and few men within: and there came a great king against it: and besieged...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...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 436 pages
...poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came...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...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man: " There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came...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...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came...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 his...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...precautions. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] 14 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 }>S built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom,...
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