 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...  Our National System of Education: An Essay - Page 42by John Cleaves Henderson - 1877 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, AVisdom orketh deceit shall not dwell within my house : he...that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 1 8 Wisdom... | |
 | 1827 - 412 pages
...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...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, wisdom it belter u u 17 The words of wise men are beard in .-.• >i , more than the cry of him that rulelh among fools.... | |
 | Robert South - 1827 - 490 pages
...True ; but still he was poor. And once grant this, and you cannot keep off that unavoidable sequel, The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. We may believe it upon Solomon's word, who was rich, as well as wise, and therefore knew the force... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...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...wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard." The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...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...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among tools. 18 Wisdom... | |
 | John Hill - 1829 - 108 pages
...tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest ? Wth Stanza. Eccles. ix. 16.—Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength ; nevertheless...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 22d Stanza. 23d Stanza. Psalm cxlvi. 7.—Which executeth judgment for the oppressed, which giveth... | |
 | Isaac Barrow, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 540 pages
...is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.' And Solomon himself notes the same : ' The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' Not only those that swell with pride and swim in plenty, but even the meanest of the people, will be... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 668 pages
...this ? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.1 And Solomon himself notes the same : ' The poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.' Not only those that swell with pride and swim in plenty, but ev«n the meanest of the people, will... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1831 - 216 pages
...superior utility of wisdom to warlike weapons ! " This wisdom have I also seen under the sun, andit seemed great unto me: There was a little city, and...man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The words of wise men are heard in quiet, more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom... | |
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