 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 554 страници
...contains more fubiimity, purer mo" rality, more important hiftory, and finer " drains of eloquence, than can be collected " from all other books, in whatever language " they may have been written." This opinion is repeated with little variation of expremon, in a difcourfe addrefled to the fociety... | |
 | William Jones - 1807 - 534 страници
...contains more fubiimity, purer mo" rality, more important hiftory, and finer " ftrains of eloquence, than can be collected " from all other books, in whatever language " they may have been writer*." This opinion is repeated with little variation of expreffion, in a difcourfe addrefled to... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 страници
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all Other books, in whatever language they may have beea written." At length we arrive at the close of this most extraordinary man's life; and I shall... | |
 | 1805 - 672 страници
...Holy Spirit to increase your understanding of, faith in, and lave to, the heavenly oracles. May they be a lamp to your feet, and a light to your path, from day to day ! The Scriptures are clothed with the authority of Jehovah ; and they are expressive... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 страници
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." This opinion is repeated, with little variation, in a Discourse addressed to the Asiatic Society in... | |
 | 1819 - 708 страници
...beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been composed. " 'The two parts of which the Scriptures consist are connected by a chain of compositions... | |
 | 1821 - 360 страници
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." This opinion is repeated, with little variation of expression, in a discourse addressed to the Asiatic... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1825 - 388 страници
...of a judge, from whom there is no appeal ? Do you gratefully avail yourselves of its adaptation to be " a lamp to your feet and a light to your path ?" Can you truly say, — " I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right ; and I hate... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 484 страници
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." a- ' Nor did he confine these sentiments to his own bosom, or record them only in his closet. Upon... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1826 - 582 страници
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." Nor did he confine these sentiments to his own bosom, or record them only in his closet. Upon another... | |
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I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected... 
