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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. "
The Christian Institutes: Or, The Sincere Word of God, Being a Plain and ... - Page 19
by Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 328 pages
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Sermons on Practical Subjects: Extracted Chiefly from the Works of Divines ...

1774 - 508 pages
...20$ Indeed it fometimes happeneth, that the race is not to thefwift, nor the battle to the flrong; neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of underftanding, nor yet favour to men ofjkill; but time and chance happenetb to them all: That is ;...
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The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...

Laurence Sterne - 1775 - 228 pages
...returned and jaw under the fun, that the race is not to the fanft, — nor the battle to thejlrong, — neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of underjlanding, nor yet favour to men ofjkill, — bat time and chance happenetb to them all. • WHEN...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...

Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 318 pages
...the ninth chapter, he obferves, that the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong ; — neither yet bread to the wife, — nor yet riches to men of underftanding, nor favour to men of fkill ; — but time and chance happens to them all. — That there...
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Sacred Extracts: Or, Books and Chapters Selected from the New and Old ...

Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...returned, and faw under the fun, that the race is not to the .fwifr, nor the battle to the ftrang, neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of underftanding, nor yet favour to men of (kill : but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man...
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The History of Herodotus, Volume 3

Herodotus - Greece - 1791 - 470 pages
...reti^trncd and faw under the fun, that the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong, neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of underftanding, nor yet favour to men of (kill ; but lime and chance happencth to them all." A moralift...
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Lectures on Female Education and Manners

John Burton - Education - 1794 - 462 pages
...feem fometimes to be at variance ; Jo that the race is not to thefivift, nor the battle to the jJrong, 'neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to .men of under/landing, nor yet favour to men cf JkilL But it is impoffible for us to difcern this more immediate...
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Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel, Volume 5

John Flavel - 1799 - 684 pages
...returned, and fa,w under the fun, that the «f race is not to the fwift, noj the battle to the ilrong; neither yet " bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of underftanding, nor yet K. favour to men of (kill; but time and charce happen-th to them ail." If two...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1851 - 592 pages
...contrivance ; the merchant, to his experience ; the strong, to his strength. And yet " 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 the attention of...
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The Use of Sacred History: Especially as Illustrating and ..., Volume 2

John Jamieson - Bible - 1802 - 488 pages
...wife man. " I faw under the fun, that the race " is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong, " neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to " men of underftanding, nor yet favour to men of " {kill, but time and chance happeneth to them " all f." Does...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author, Written by ...

Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pages
...returned and fa-.v under the fun, that the race is not to the fwift, — nor the battle to the (Iron g,— neither yet bread to the wife, nor yet riches to men of underftanding. nor yet favour t» men of fkill, — but time and chaace happeneth to them all. \YHEH...
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