 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...  The Advancement of Learning - Side 136av Francis Bacon - 1895Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | James Fishback - 1813 - 326 sider
...this truth that Solomon said "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 a great king against it, and beseiged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 462 sider
...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... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 sider
...: so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. 14 There teas a little city, and few men within it ; and there came...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... | |
 | 1828 - 498 sider
...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 - 1815 - 616 sider
...ix. 1 — 3. And afterwards : " This wisdom have I seen under the sun : and it seemed great unto me. There was a little city, and few men within it : and...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... | |
 | 1815 - 614 sider
...suddenly upon them. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was a little city, and few men within 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 sider
...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 - 1816 - 122 sider
...the consideration of a short history or parable from Ecclesiastes, and a verse of Proverbs : — " There was a little city, and few men within it ; and...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 sider
...two years longer in prison. Alas, what an ungrateful and selfish creature is man ! When we read, " There was a little city, and few men •within it;...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 ;... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 sider
...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...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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