 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 680 sider
...in experience, as well as in scripture, that events often arise, in which it evidently appears, That the battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift ||; and circumstances happen, in which, with some allowance for the figurative expression, One chases... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 738 sider
...in experience, as well as in scripture, that events often arise, in which it evidently appears, That the battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift ||; and circumstances happen, in which, with some allowance for the figurative expression, One chases... | |
 | Thomas Tusser - 1812 - 426 sider
...Tusser, was a series of misfortunes ; and is a proof of the truth of that saying in Holy Scripture, That the battle is not to the strong nor the race to the swift. As to the Five Hundred Points of Hubandry, it is written in familiar verse, and abounds with many curious... | |
 | 1865 - 790 sider
...ecstasy those moments snatched hurriedly in this dark alley, or down that narrow lane 1 Perhaps not. The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift, any more in worldly happiness than in other things. The heart to enjoy is the great requisite ; the... | |
 | 1865 - 804 sider
...ecstasy those moments snatched hurriedly in this dark alley, or down that narrow lane ? Perhaps not. The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift, any more in worldly happiness than in other things. The heart to enjoy is the great requisite ; the... | |
 | John Merritt - 1820 - 48 sider
...please thee, Oh Father of mercies ! to continue with me to the end of my race, well remembering that the battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift ; but to those that persevere in well doing to the end." Looking very expressively, she said : " I feel very... | |
 | Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1821 - 738 sider
...power of bending events to her own purposes. Still she could have told any one but herself, that ' the battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift.' — But here interposed, to blind and mislead her, the natural tendency to close association with that which... | |
 | Alethea Lewis - 1823 - 402 sider
...happiness was blasted with the suddenness of the lightning's flash ! Learn hence, that here below, the battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift; but look beyond this ' visible diurnal sphere,' and behold the crown that has been trodden in the dpst... | |
 | 1838 - 508 sider
...Churches is performed by barely two, and these have the oversight of more than twelve hundred members ! " The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift ; for it is not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." As it may be interesting... | |
 | Samuel Felton - 1830 - 270 sider
...was a series of misfortunes ; and is a proof of the truth of that saying in Holy Scripture, that ' the battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift.' As to the Points of Husbandry, it is written in familiar verse, and abounds with many curious particulars,... | |
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The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift, any more in worldly happiness than in other things. 
