 | English literature - 1795 - 486 pages
...eloquence, than could be collected within the fame compafs from all other books that were ever com pol cd in any age, or in any idiom. The two parts, of which the Scriptures conflit, are connected by & chain of compofitions, which bear DO refemblance in form or itylc to any... | |
 | 1796 - 490 pages
...eloquence, than could be collected within the fame compafs from all other books, that were ever compofed in any age or in any idiom* The two parts, of which the Scriptures conftft, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bear no refernblance in form or ftyle to any... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Apologetics - 1796 - 404 pages
...than " could be colle£led within the fame compafs *' from all other books that were ever comtc pofed in any age, or in any idiom. The " two parts of which the fcriptures confifr, " are connected by a chain of compofitions" (meaning the prophetical books) " which... | |
 | Asia - 1798 - 542 pages
...of a divine origin, more true sublimity, " more exquisite beauty, purer moralily, more im" portant history, and finer strains both of poetry and " eloquence,...same ' ' compass from all other books, that were ever com" posed in any age, or in any idiom . The two " parts, of which the scriptures consist, are con"... | |
 | Bible - 1799 - 204 pages
...make life happy. Sir William Jones finds in it " 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 that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom." As Mrs.... | |
 | History - 1800 - 812 pages
...eloquence, than could he collected within the fame compafs from all other books that were ever compofed in any age, or in any idiom. • — The two parts, of which the fcriptures cnnfift, ar« connected by a chain of compofitions, which bear no refcmblance in form or... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 1008 pages
...eloquence, than could be collected within the fame compafs from all other books that were ever compofcd in any age, or in any idiom. —The two parts, of which the fcriptures confift, are conncfted by a chain of compofitions, which bear no irfemblance in form or... | |
 | David Morrice - Moral education - 1801 - 328 pages
...unerring guide to happiness in this world and the next, " as a cola collection of Tracts, they contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity,...that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom." SIR WILLIAM JONES, in his Asiatic Researches. ,• Armed with this shield, far more invulnerable than... | |
 | 1804 - 508 pages
...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. Here... | |
 | Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...notorious, where he declares that " the Scriptures f contain, independently of their divine original, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer...the same compass from all other books that were ever • Tacit. Hist. lib. v. 5. t Anniversary Discourse. made by Mr. D'Oyly to specific charges of Sir... | |
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I cannot refrain from adding, that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, cantata, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains... 
