 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 484 pagine
...all. " Has he made any exception for Israel ? No : but " he maintains, that the race is not to the swift ; nor " the battle to the strong ; neither yet bread to the " wise ; nor yet riches to the men of understanding • " nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and " chance happeneth to... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 404 pagine
...practice and in the affairs of men) that the race is not to the Swift, nor the battle to the Strong ; nor yet bread to the Wise; nor yet riches to men of Understanding ; nor yet favour to nien of Skill: But time and chance happeneth to them all. However, let us take this matter at the best,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pagine
...dust, 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 •wise, nor yet riehes to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; for who knoweth not in all these,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1814 - 496 pagine
...and represented in a striking light. " I returned and saw under the sun, that tlie race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to the men of skill ; but time and chanee happen to them all." And he also observed, that in... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1814 - 270 pagine
...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...wise, — nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill ; — but time and chance happen to them all. — That there are secret workings... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1814 - 592 pagine
...appearances occur at first to perplex our understandings. Here, as of old, " 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 favour to men of skill, but time *' and chance happen unto them... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pagine
...many run, but few obtain the prize ; and the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the ftrong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of underHanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Fame depends... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pagine
...for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 1 1 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds... | |
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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. 
