 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
 | Baptists - 1833 - 744 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*." It cannot be out of place to address a few words to those Hindoos, who, emancipated from the thraldom... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...volume 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." READER ! Oppose these deliberate and disinterested opinions of some of the greatest men that ever lived,... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and liner strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." TUB PULSE.— In the time of Hippocrates, it was probably not more than sixty b< ats in a minute; from... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Child rearing - 1834 - 442 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... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 354 pages
...spirit and they are life." mity, 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." * Having quoted Sir William Jones's testimony, we conclude by urging his example. " Before thy mystic... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children - 1835 - 248 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.' Embrace this volume then, my young friend, to your bosom. Let it be a lamp to your feet, and a light... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...spirit and they are life." mity, 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." * Having quoted Sir William Jones's testimony, we conclude by urging his example. " Before thy mystic... | |
 | Religion - 1836 - 432 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." Salmatius, the learned antagonist of Milton, said on his death-bed, " that were he to begin life again,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 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." Salmatius, the learned antagonist of Milton, said on his death-bed, "that were he to begin life again,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...spirit and they are life." mity, 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." * Having quoted Sir William Jones's testimony, we conclude by urging his example. " Before thy mystic... | |
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