and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry... The Gentleman's Magazine - Página 551819Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 páginas
...Life of Pope. I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the ndulgence and toleration purer morality, more important history, and liner strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected... | |
| E S. P - 1880 - 594 páginas
...true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, inwhatever age or language they may have been written. The unstrained application of them toi events... | |
| 1881 - 304 páginas
...the Bible," writes the distinguished Oriental scholar, Sir William Jones, "and lam of opinion that this volume, independently of its Divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more impartial history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected... | |
| Levi W. Yaggy - 1881 - 984 páginas
...surely contains, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books that were ever composed in any age... | |
| 1882 - 594 páginas
...description : — " I. have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its Divine origin, contains...morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they... | |
| 1882 - 514 páginas
...neverfailing example. She often referred with admiration to the words of Sir William Jones : " The Bible contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty,...morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected 40 from all other books, in whatever age or language... | |
| 1882 - 408 páginas
...contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence and poetry than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." Of a truth, never book spake like this book. THEODORE C. BURGESS, '83. AMERIOAN PEBIODICAL... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1882 - 442 páginas
...Sir William Jones said : " I have regularly and attentively read the Bible, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more impartial history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected... | |
| Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 páginas
...divine 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. — Sir W. Jones. All the genius and learning of the heathen world, all the penetration of... | |
| Glasgow sabbath school union - 1884 - 802 páginas
...was unrivalled — himself the delight of society, and who died on his knees — finds in the Bible "more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more...eloquence, than can be collected from all other books that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom." The profound thinker and acute metaphysician,... | |
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