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" I returned and saw under the sun, 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 to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. "
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Together with the ... - Page 531
1809 - 959 pages
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The Unitarian pulpit: discourses on the Christian spirit and life. By ...

Unitarian pulpit - 1858 - 806 pages
...that the continuance of life itself is involved in the deepest obscurity. " I returned," says he, " and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." A slight attention to events as they occur, and a slight reflection on them afterwards, may convince...
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A Service-book for Public Worship

Public worship - 1858 - 328 pages
...might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. This wisdom have I seen also under...
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The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction, Historical and ...

Goold Brown - English language - 1858 - 1096 pages
...with my country, is my unalterable determination.' " — SEWARD'S Life of John Qutncy Adams, p. 20. '' I returned, and saw under the sun that the race is...the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, ьог yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happen to them all." — Eccle»iwto, ix, 11....
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Zion's witness, ed. by A. Wilcockson, Volume 1

Arthur Wilcockson - 1859 - 714 pages
...shall not say, I am sick ; for the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity." So " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ;" " but God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and base things...
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The Guardian, Volumes 10-11

Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...while the West is a good place to make fortunes, it has also been to many a good place to lose them. "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to all." There is a Providence in this, as in...
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Gotthold's Emblems; Or, Invisible Things Understood by Things that are Made

Christian Scriver - Devotional exercises - 1859 - 340 pages
...only the heathen, but even Christians. The course of things is well described by Solomon : I turned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happencth to them all. 1 On the other hand, they who contemplate...
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Moral Emblems: With Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of All Ages and Nations

Jacob Cats, Robert Farlie - Emblems - 1860 - 274 pages
...so all labour is in vain, unless God of His blessing doth our labour bless. Ecclefiaftes IX. 1 1. F SAW under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. h D OQ uT z D o: o IL D 0 0 0 I h i h UJ UJ J 0 IL. Z D ' I 'HE Righteousness of the upright shall...
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Daily light on the daily path, a devotional text book

1860 - 430 pages
...dismayed, . . there be more with us than with him. The meek will he teach his way. Blessed are the meek. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. — A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LOED directeth his steps. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,...
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Passing Thoughts on Religion

Bible - 1860 - 348 pages
...implying, therefore, that they are not better. But Solomon tells us also, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." " Time and chance ;" the hour of death after the accidents of life ! We labour as though we forgot...
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Passing thoughts on religion, by the author of 'Amy Herbert'.

Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1860 - 380 pages
...implying, therefore, that they are not better. But Solomon tells us also, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." " Time and chance ; " the hour of death after the accidents of life! We labour as though we forgot...
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