 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 Grampians Desolate: A Poem - Side 296af Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 316 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - 1833 - 246 sider
...to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all. 'J Physical evil, indeed, does not merely exist, it even invades all according to the established laws... | |
 | Peter Dobell - 1834 - 108 sider
...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...men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.—12th, For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as... | |
 | James Hawkes - 1834 - 228 sider
...swift, nor the battle to the strong," said the divine preacher," neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill, but time and chance happen to them all." That this is the present state of man, is continually verified before our eyes.... | |
 | William Swainson - 1834 - 476 sider
...the'wise man: ' I returned, and saw under the sun that there is neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill.' " * * Quarterly Review, p. 342. CHAPTER IV. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCIENTIFIC... | |
 | Watson Adams - 1834 - 278 sider
...tha "battle to the strong ; neither .bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding nor favor to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Wealth and titles are only the gifts of fortune ; but peace and content are the peculiar endowments... | |
 | Franz Josef Gall - 1835 - 372 sider
...to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to...For man also knoweth not his time ; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare ; so are the sons of men... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1835 - 764 sider
...influence upon our minds : — first, " The battle is not to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill :" and secondly, " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;" as if he had said, Neither... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1836 - 416 sider
...11. 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...skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all. I CANNOT but recal to mind that, on the first day of the now nearly-departed year, I addressed you... | |
 | William Giles - 1836 - 172 sider
...understanding, 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...skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Trade, in all its branches, is precarious, and its advantages uncertain. The principles of mankind... | |
 | Edward Jerningham Wakefield, John Ward - 1837 - 476 sider
...that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet hread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour...skill; but time and chance happeneth to ' them all. 9. E te tai tumariki kia had! koi, i tou tamarikitanga ; a matou nga kau e whakabadi ia koe i nga ro... | |
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