 | Peter Brett - English literature - 1748 - 260 pages
...the Poor 3 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... | |
 | 1778 - 342 pages
...defcrip'tion of a poor man, whofe merits are loft in his poverty, than that in the words of the wife man. ' There • was 'a little city, and few men within it:...againft it : now there was found ' in it a poor wife man, and he, by his wifdom, deli' vered the city ; yet no man remembered that fame ' poor man. Then,... | |
 | 1786 - 670 pages
...defcription of a poor man, wiu.ilmerits are loll in his poverty, than that in the words of the wile man. • There was a little city, and few men within it: and there came agréât king againlt it, and befieged it, and built gnat bulwarks againft it: now there was found... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1796 - 530 pages
...Church by 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 'wife... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...description of a 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 a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...description of a 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 a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to men of 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 a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: • now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...prudent 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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...precautions. 1 3 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and if [seemed]; !4 great unto me : t'l'here was] a little city, and few men within it ; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and 15 built great bulwarks against it : Now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...both the hands full with toil and vexation of fpirit. i> , io....Wifdom is better than weapons of war. There was a little city, and few men within it ; and...againft it, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againil it. Now there was found in it a poor wife man, and he by his wifdom delivered the city : yet... | |
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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... 
