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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. "
Walton's Lives, with notes. The life of dr. Donne [ed. by T.E. Tomlins]. - Page 36
by Izaak Walton - 1852
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The Grampians Desolate: A Poem

Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 pages
...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...
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The General Assembly's Missionary Magazine: Or Evangelical ..., Volume 2

1806 - 650 pages
...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,...
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Paraphrases on hard texts

Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...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,...
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The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and ..., Volume 3

Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...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,...
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Together with the ...

1809 - 1150 pages
...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,...
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A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha: Genesis to ...

1809 - 556 pages
...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,...
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A Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes: Never Before Published Separately

Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...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,...
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Gleanings of the vintage; or Letters to the spiritual edification of ..., Part 1

William Huntington - 1819 - 886 pages
...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,...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author, Volume 4

Laurence Sterne - 1813 - 280 pages
...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...
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Ezra to Malachi

1815 - 614 pages
...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 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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