| John AUSTIN (Roman Catholic Writer.) - 1706 - 662 pages
...live, and after that they go to the Dead. I returned and faw under the Sun, that the Race is not to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor Riches to Men of Underftanding, nor Favour to Men of Skill, but Time and Chance happeneth to them all.... | |
| Thomas Stackhouse - Clergy - 1737 - 198 pages
...that are behind him, he defpifes*: EedeC uc. >jever confidering, that the Race is not always to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches to the Men of Underjtanding, nor yet Favour to Men of Skill; but T'ime and Chance happen to them all.... | |
| Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 470 pages
...Caujes. [ A FafcSermm. ] ECCLES. ix. ii. / returned, and faw under the Sun, that the Race is not to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, neither yet Bread to the Wife i nor yet Riches to men of Under/landing, nor yet Favour to men of Skill ; but 'lime and Chance happeneth... | |
| Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1764 - 200 pages
...the World (b).' It obferves an alldifpofing Providence, and infefs ' that the Race i* ' not to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong, ' neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches t» * IVkn of Underftanding (c).' And it fo abiblutely devotes and fubjects the Soul to Godr that it... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...contrivance ; the merchant, to his experience ; the strong, to his strength. And yet " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill.." But the attention of... | |
| John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth... | |
| Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1804 - 376 pages
...Dull, and maketh the barren Woman to be a joyful Mother of Children. * The Race is not always to the Swift, nor the Battle to the Strong ; neither yet Bread to the Wife, nor yet Riches to Men of Underftandlng, nor yet Favour to Men of Skill ; forwlio knoweth not in all thefe, that the Hand... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...known in his children. Ecclesiastes. I returned and saw under the sun, that the ra:e is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...neglect every proper txtnion of them. 1 1 I returned and saw under the snn, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour, or preferment, to men of skill ; birt... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 470 pages
...are to encounter And yet afterwards, in the ninth chapter, he observes, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor faYor to men af skill ; but time and chance happens... | |
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