 | Thomas Pelham Dale - Bible - 1873 - 156 pages
...like that which is ECCLESIASTES. 6 Folly is set Hn 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.... | |
 | 1874 - 812 pages
...representation of real greatness. The insignia is the casket, the inner worth is the true gem. Solomon says, " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." Few men attain to the distinction of true greatness. The desire for self-distinction is common enough.... | |
 | 1874 - 156 pages
...SEEVANTS ON HOESES. IK one of the chapters of Ecclesiastes, the writer makes a remarkable statement. " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." The explanation of this is simple. In Eastern lands, kings are often despots. They do as they like.... | |
 | Thomas Tyler - 1874 - 176 pages
...king (viii. 2 — 4), and to be yielding to him when he is angry (x. 4), and read of Koheleth's having seen " servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth " (x. 7), we seem rather to have the words of a private subject than of a monarch. It is perhaps yet... | |
 | Thomas Tyler - Bible - 1874 - 176 pages
...king (viii. 2 — 4), and to be yielding to him when he is angry (x. 4), and read of Koheleth's having seen " servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth " (x. 7), we seem rather to have the words of a private subject than of a monarch. It is perhaps yet... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1875 - 836 pages
...an error that cometh from the ruler. Folly is set in great dignity, and the wise sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth/ (Eccles. x. 5-7.) So Professor Huxley said recently in his inaugtiral address at the Midland Institute... | |
 | 1875 - 1070 pages
...as an error that cometh from the ruler. Folly is set ingreat dignity, and the wise sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking; as servants upon the earth/ (Eccles. x. 5-7.) So ProfessorHuxley said recently in his inaugural address at the Midland Institute... | |
 | George Bruce - St. Andrews (Scotland) - 1876 - 642 pages
...visited Cleopatra, the voluptuous Queen of Egypt, the awning of her galley was covered with gold. 2 "I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth."- Ecclesiastes X. Why should I fret, and at my lot repine, When slaves around, — and to themselves,... | |
 | Henry K. Wood - 1878 - 308 pages
...a King's daughter, though she has not yet got on her fine clothes." " I have seen," said Solomon, " I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." The masquerade still continues. As one looks around, the wicked are often observed to be prosperous... | |
 | John Vickers (author of The new Koran.) - 1878 - 258 pages
...an error that cometh from the ruler. Folly is set in great dignity, and the wise sit in low place. I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." (Eccles. x. 5 — 7.) So Professor Huxley, noticing the continuance of this evil, said recently, in... | |
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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. 
