 | 1850 - 806 pàgines
...there is often great injustice, and the adage Is constantly exemplified, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all. Of the modern poets of Wales, a host may be named. Among these are Gwilym Ddu, Goronwy... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1822 - 486 pàgines
...equal claim with his competitor. But in the ordinary events of life, " the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all." After all their toil and solicitude, the sons of men are snared in an evil time, when... | |
 | Church of England, Thomas Newland - 1829 - 696 pàgines
...they are carried on so mysteriously, that we must conclude with the wise man, " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to all things." Uut supposing these questions to be decided, another still remains: whether the Church... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832 - 520 pàgines
...horse is prepared against the day of battle ; but safety is of the Lord."f »' The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Behold this truth also exemplified in the issue of * Lev. xxvi. 8. t Psalm xxxiii. 16.... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1832 - 522 pàgines
...horse is prepared against the day of battle; but safety is of the Lord."J « The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Behold this truth also exemplified in the issue of * Lev. xxvi, 8. t Psalm xxxiii. 16.... | |
 | 1875 - 544 pàgines
...beings, plants as well as animals, exist, and we admit with SOLOMON that " the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all." We may safely interpret the word " chance" here as the equivalent to our " circumstances.''... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pàgines
...there is often great injustice, and the adage is constantly exemplified, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all. Of the modern poets of Wales, a host may be named. Among these are Gwilym Ddu, Goronwy... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1849 - 538 pàgines
...to the sense. But he soon finds how true, as applied to the profession in which he is engaged, are the words of the Preacher: " 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... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1849 - 528 pàgines
...to the sense. But he soon finds how true, as applied to the profession in which he is engaged, are the words of the Preacher : " 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... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pàgines
...there is often great injustice, and the adage is constantly exemplified, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all. Of the modern jtoets of Wales, a host may be named. Among these are Gwilym Ddu, Goronwy... | |
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Christians are men and women, too; both are surely human beings, and it is quite likely that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
