 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 Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis - Pagina 236di Hesiod, Callimachus, Theognis, James Davies, Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Henry William Tytler, John Hookham Frere - 1856 - 495 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 pagine
...for there is f< no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in f the grave, whither thou goest. I returned and saw " under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the fl battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor ff yet riches to men of... | |
 | 1806 - 650 pagine
...cannot command success, is a maxim confirmed explicitly by scripture. " I returned," says Solomon, " 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,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pagine
...goest, there is no work to be done, no device to be contrived, no use of knowledge or wisdom. IX. 11 / 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,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pagine
...goest, tliere is no work to be done, no device to be contrived, no use of knowledge or wisdom. IX. 1 1 / 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 rfches to men of understanding,... | |
 | 1809 - 556 pagine
...designed for rest from our present labours, and for the reward of them. See Annot. [g] Ver. 1 1 . ^f / returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither y tt bread to tht wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pagine
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest 11 IT I lh K swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pagine
...wisdom and discretion. Our very recreations must not be sensual, but rational and industrious. IV. ^f 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,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1819 - 886 pagine
...seek him early shall find him. I had a good time yesterday, I laboured all the day oh this text; " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the buttle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1813 - 280 pagine
...none of us liveth to himself.— —Rom. xiv. 7'. SERMON VIII. p. 107. • TIME AND CHANCE. I teturned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, — nor (he battle to the strong ; — neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 530 pagine
...things, yet we many times fall short of our aims and hopes. It was the observation of the wisest man, "'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,... | |
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