 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...  Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones - Страница 288по John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Edward Cowell Welldon - 1902 - 444 страници
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume, independently of its Divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...in whatever language they may have been written." Yet the literary distinction of the Bible is lost to view in the dazzling light of its spiritual pre-eminence.... | |
 | Jasper Newton Field - 1904 - 242 страници
...opinion that the volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they are written." Sir Walter Scott says : "Within this ample volume lies the mystery of mysteries. Happy... | |
 | John Goode - 1906 - 282 страници
...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 from any other book in whatever language it may have been written.' The foremost statesman of this age,... | |
 | John Goode - 1906 - 284 страници
...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 from any other book in whatever language it may have been written.' The foremost statesman of this age,... | |
 | 1857 - 732 страници
...more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language or age they have been composed." " The greatest pleasures with which the imagination can be entertained,"... | |
 | Henry Morris - 1908 - 266 страници
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...in whatever language they may have been written."* He repeated these sentiments in one of his public addresses on Asiatic literature, and he added to... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1912 - 702 страници
...and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...books, in whatever language they may have been written. — SIR WILLIAM JONES. It is impossible to look into the Bible with the most ordinary attention without... | |
 | 1914 - 366 страници
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...in whatever language they may have been written." Yet another point of supremacy in the Creed of Christendom is its moral elevation. It will not, I think,... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Crafts - 1914 - 570 страници
...the Scriptures, and am of the opinion that the Bible, independent of its origin as divine, contains more important history and finer strains of eloquence than can be collected from all other books in whatsoever language they may be written." LLUSTRATED BIBLE SELECTIONS COMMISSION 206 Pennsylvania Avenue,... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway, Robert Allen Armstrong - 1916 - 216 страници
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...in whatever language they may have been written." Do you ask for tenderness and devotion expressed in faultless rhetoric ? And Ruth said, Entreat me... | |
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