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
| Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 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." Now, to whom was Sir William Jones almost exclusively indebted, in his most important, because his... | |
| 1845 - 440 pages
...origin, contains more wblimity, purer morality, more important history, and Sacr strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been •ritten.1 How well qualified he was to make this remark, and how much it implied in his lips, may... | |
| 1873 - 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 iIiave been written." ' NEVER SAY "FAIL.' EEP pushing — 'tis wiser Than sitting aside, And dreaming... | |
| 1848 - 592 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." And he was the most profound and erudite of British lawyers, SELDEN, who, when dying said, "I have... | |
| Henry CLISSOLD - Christian biography - 1847 - 276 pages
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| Christopher Anderson - Christian life - 1847 - 500 pages
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| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1848 - 432 pages
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| Reading, J. L. - Christian literature, English - 1848 - 122 pages
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| Edward Payson - Congregational churches - 1849 - 628 pages
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