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
| Joel Hawes - 1839 - 146 страници
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...in whatever language they may have been written." Embrace this volume, then, my friends, to your bosom. Let it be a lamp to your feet, and a light to... | |
| 1844 - 582 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." To this testimony in favour of " Theological Science," by one of the most accomplished scholars and... | |
| Help - 1839 - 120 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. THE DUTY OF PRIVATE JUDGMENT. The personal responsibility of every individual in... | |
| Mrs. Frederick Montgomerie - 1839 - 244 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." Call to mind that a Newton, a Bacon, a Boyle, a Milton, a Dante, a Pascal, a Klopstock, devoted their... | |
| John Mather Austin - 1839 - 496 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." Let this invaluable volume be often and faithfully perused — let its contents, especially its moral... | |
| Caroline Amelia Halsted - 1840 - 206 страници
...and am of opinion, that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, pure morality, more important history, and finer strains...in whatever language they may have been written." He had endeavoured to discover the best human means of propagating the Gospel throughout India, and... | |
| Jews - 1840 - 212 страници
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume, independently of its Divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer...collected from all other books, in whatever language they have been written." Are these deliberate opinions of wise men to be set aside by the coarse jest or... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1841 - 576 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." It is related that the eminent English poet Collins, in the latter part of his mortal career, withdrew... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - 460 страници
...; 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." After such a testimony, from the first scholar of his age, one would suppose that, in the absence of... | |
| Ashbel Green - 1841 - 466 страници
...divine origin, contains more subli'niiy, purer morality, more important history, and finer slrains of eloquence than can be collected from all other...in whatever language they may have been written." After such a testimony, from the first scholar of his age, one would suppose that, in the absence of... | |
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