 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 462 str.
...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... | |
 | James Fishback - 1813 - 326 str.
...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 by his wisdom delivered the city. Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength. Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner... | |
 | 1828 - 498 str.
...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 str.
...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 his wisdom delivered...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 str.
...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 that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and... | |
 | 1815 - 294 str.
...money is a defence : but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. Wisdom is better than strength : nevertheless the...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Wisdom is better than weapons of war. Keep sound wisdom. Fools despise wisdom. Wisdom excelleth folly... | |
 | Robert Nelson - 1815 - 564 str.
...though Eccies. ;x. Wisdom is better than Strength, nevertheless, as Solomon hath long since observed, the poor Man's Wisdom is despised, and his Words are not heard. And farther, that by this Means they may be better enabled not only to provide for their Families,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 332 str.
...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 str.
...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 his wisdom delivered...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... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 str.
...actions of one in that elevated station are commonly more regarded than those of a meaner person. " The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard ;" but if one arrayed in royal apparel make an oration from a throne, the people shall give a shout,... | |
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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... 
