...perused the Scriptures, and am of opinion, that this volume independently of its divine origin contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer...important history, and finer strains, both of poetry, and of eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all other books which were ever...

...independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite 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 age or Ian, guage they may have been written." EXPLANATION...

...independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite 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 age or language they may have been written.' Other...

...sublimity, exquisite beauty, pure morality, more important history, and finer strains, both of poetry and of eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all other books that wer« ever composed, in any age, or in any idiom." This testimony has met with a cordial response from...

...refrain from adding, that the Collection of Tracts which we call, from their excellence, the Scripture, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true...within the same compass, from all other books that ever were composed in any age or in any idiom." To this well-known encomium, it seems proper to add...

...refrain from adding, that the collection of tracts, which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true...morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that...

...and also inserted in his eighth Discourse before the Society for Asiatic Researches. " The Scriptures contain, independently of a divine origin, more true...important history, and finer strains both of poetry and Sir William Jones. Comprehensiveness of Ihe Bible. eloquence, than could be collected, within the same...

...adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true...could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.' 'The two parts of which the Scriptures...

...independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite 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 age or language they may have been composed. The...

...studied the Bible, and am of the opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer...important history, and finer strains both of poetry and of eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books which were ever...