 | Algernon Sidney - 1794 - 514 pàgines
...wifdom, and, who ought to be preferred for thofe qualities: and when, he fays, a fervant thatrcigneth is one of the ". three things, " the earth cannot bear," he can only mean fuch as defcrvc to be fervants; for when they reign, they do not ferve, but are ferved by others: which... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pàgines
...former practice became so prevalent in the time of Solomon, that speaking of state and pomp, he says, I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. HARJIER, vol. ii. p. 104. No. 218. — xii. 4. The doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pàgines
...introduced. This is an evil that Solomon detested : " Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low places ; I have seen servants upon horses,...servants upon the earth." They who understand Solomon's languagei will easily see, that the rich, and the princes he means, are such only who are rich in virtue... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pàgines
...former practice became so prevalent in the time of Solomon, that speaking of state and pomp, he says, I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as, servants upon the earth. HARMER, vol. ii- p. 104. No. 21 8. — xii. 4. The doors shall be shut in the street1!, \vhen the sound... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pàgines
...which proceedeth from the ruler > 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it ; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 pàgines
...former practice became so prevalent in the time of Solomon, that speaking of state and pomp, he says, / have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking. as servants upon the earth. HARMER, vol. ii. p. 104. No. 218. — xii. 4. The doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound... | |
 | 1808 - 558 pàgines
...herself, and the other for the servant that attended her. Solomon might refer to the same, when he says, I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Eccl. x. 7. My reader however will meet with a more exact illustration of this passage in a succeeding... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pàgines
...their parts and estate, and are well worthy of eminent places, are neglected and disregarded ; X. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Which, what is it other, than as if servants should ride on horseback, while princes walk by their... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pàgines
...their parts and estate, and are well worthy of eminent places, are neglected and disregarded ; X. 7 / have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. Which, what is it other, than as if servants should ride on horseback, while princes walk by their... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pàgines
...denotes a posture of mourning and great sorrow, a& Jer. xiii. 18; Isai. xlvii. 1; Ezek. xxvi. 16. 7. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. By servants are meant men of a low and base condition, fitter to be the tail than the head, Gen. ix.... | |
| |
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler : 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. 
