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 - Page 452by John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1807 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir William Jones - 1807 - 554 pages
...contains more fubiimity, purer mo" rality, more important hiftory, and finer " drains of eloquence, than can be collected " from all other books, in whatever...This opinion is repeated with little variation of expremon, in a difcourfe addrefled to the fociety in February, 1791 : — " Theological enquiries 'are... | |
| William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...contains more fubiimity, purer mo" rality, more important hiftory, and finer " ftrains of eloquence, than can be collected " from all other books, in whatever language " they may have been writer*." This opinion is repeated with little variation of expreffion, in a difcourfe addrefled to... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...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 beea written." At length we arrive at the close of this most extraordinary man's life; and I shall... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence than can be collected from all other books, in whatever...written." This opinion is repeated, with little variation, in a Discourse addressed to the Asiatic Society in 1791, where however he adds ; " The two parts, of... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1819 - 708 pages
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| British prose literature - 1821 - 360 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever...variation of expression, in a discourse addressed to the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, in February 1791 : " Theological inquiries are no part of my present subject... | |
| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...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." Nor did he confine these sentiments to his own bosom, or record them only in his closet. Upon another... | |
| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...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." a- ' Nor did he confine these sentiments to his own bosom, or record them only in his closet. Upon... | |
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...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." It is not too much to say, that all competent judges will agree with him in this opinion. Indeed, 1... | |
| John Angell James - Children - 1827 - 186 pages
...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." Salmasius, the learned antagonist of Milton, said on his death-bed, " that were he to begin life again,... | |
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