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... in the only person recorded by history , to whom they are applicable , am
obliged of course to believe the sanctity of " the venerable books , to which that
sacred person refers as genuine : but it is not the “ truth of our national religion ,
as such ...
... in the only person recorded by history , to whom they are applicable , am
obliged of course to believe the sanctity of " the venerable books , to which that
sacred person refers as genuine : but it is not the “ truth of our national religion ,
as such ...
Page 237
I have at heart ; it is TRUTH itself : and if any cool , unbiaffed reader will clearly
con“ vince me , that Mofes drew his narrative , “ through Egyptian conduits , from
the pri« meval fountains of Indian literature , I shall “ esteem him as a friend , for ...
I have at heart ; it is TRUTH itself : and if any cool , unbiaffed reader will clearly
con“ vince me , that Mofes drew his narrative , “ through Egyptian conduits , from
the pri« meval fountains of Indian literature , I shall “ esteem him as a friend , for ...
Page 251
... but he wrote what “ he knew to be truth itself , independently of “ their tales , in
which truth was blended with os fable , and their age was not so remote from “ the
days of the patriarch , but that every oc“ currence in his life might naturally have ...
... but he wrote what “ he knew to be truth itself , independently of “ their tales , in
which truth was blended with os fable , and their age was not so remote from “ the
days of the patriarch , but that every oc“ currence in his life might naturally have ...
Page 254
The mind of Sir William Jones was never tainted with infidelity ; but there was a
period , as I have already observed , before his judgment was matured , and
before he had studied the Scriptures with close attention , when his belief in the
truth ...
The mind of Sir William Jones was never tainted with infidelity ; but there was a
period , as I have already observed , before his judgment was matured , and
before he had studied the Scriptures with close attention , when his belief in the
truth ...
Page 255
His heart and his judgment told him , that Religion was a subject of supreme
importance , and the evidence of its truth worthy of his most serious investigation .
He sat down to it without prejudice , and rose from the enquiry with a conviction ...
His heart and his judgment told him , that Religion was a subject of supreme
importance , and the evidence of its truth worthy of his most serious investigation .
He sat down to it without prejudice , and rose from the enquiry with a conviction ...
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| Title | Works, Volume 2 Works, lady Anna Maria (Shipley) Jones |
| Author | Sir William Jones |
| Editor | lady Anna Maria (Shipley) Jones |
| Publisher | J. Stockdale, 1807 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2005 |
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