 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: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered...  The Spectator - Page 63by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 ;...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,... | |
 | 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 wise man, and he by his wisdom,... | |
 | 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 there came a great king againft it, and befieged it, and built great bulwarks againil it. Now there was found in it a poor... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...suddenly upon them. 13 «| This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it Ktmed great unto me ; 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and...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... | |
 | Obsolete ideas - 1807 - 226 pages
...in his day well aware that the poor were not fairly dealt by, as the following lines will prove : " There was a little city, and few " men within it: and there came a " great king againft it, and befieged it, " and built great bulwarks againft it : " Now there was found in it a... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...suddenly with unavoidable calamities. IX. 14 There was a little city, and few men within it ; and then came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. There were many men in it, yet but one wise man : the number of the other was helpless, if not burdenous:... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...suddenly upon them. 13 If This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 K : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man... | |
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