 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...  The British Prose Writers - Page 1701821Full view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1819 - 780 pages
...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 language they may have been composed. " 'The two parts of which the Scriptures consist are connected by a chain of compositions... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...record his sentiments in the following terms, written with his own hand, on the leaf at the end of his Bible : " I have carefully and regularly perused...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... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...record his sentiments in the following terms, written with his own hand, on the leaf at the end of his Bible : " I have carefully and regularly perused...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... | |
 | John Angell James - Children - 1827 - 186 pages
...works. Sir William Jones, that prodigy of learning, wrote on the fly-leaf of his bible these remarks : " I have carefully and regularly perused these holy...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,... | |
 | Clergy - 1829 - 258 pages
...carefully and regularly perused the Scriptures" says he, " and am of opinion, that this volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Apologetics - 1828 - 318 pages
...most circumstantial manner, seHoly Scriptures (NB This was written in his own copy of the Bible) ; and am of opinion that the volume, independently of...books, in whatever language they may have been written. " (Life by Lord Teignmonth, II. 236, 245, 8vo edit.) In a Discourse likewise, addressed to the Asiatic... | |
 | Edward Payson - Congregational churches - 1828 - 516 pages
...perused the scriptures," says this truly great man, " and am of opinion, that this volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer...in whatever language they may have been written." How well he was qualified to make this remark, and how much it implied in his lips, may be inferred... | |
 | Edward Payson - Congregational churches - 1828 - 522 pages
...perused the scriptures," says this truly great man, " and am of opinion, that this volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer...collected from all other books, in whatever language they 12 THE BIBLE may have been written." How well he was qualified to make this remark, and how much it... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Apologetics - 1828 - 314 pages
...was of opinion that the volume (independently of its Divine origin), contains more sublimity, pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all the books, in whatever language they may have been written. " Let these, the intrepid conclusions of... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 318 pages
...without any mixture of error, for its matter ; " or of vine origin), contains more sublimity, pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all the books, in whatever language they may have been written. " Let these, the intrepid conclusions of... | |
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