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" 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 170
1821
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The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi from the East. A sermon on Matt. ii. 2 ...

John Wilson - 1857 - 148 pages
...more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence than can be collected from all other books in whatever language they have been composed ?"* Or to come to later times, what can be more affecting than " the mighty magician"...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...more sublimity and heauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language or age they may have been composed." AN 01)1'.. lit Imitation of .<//««•-,. What constitutes a...
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Self-made Men

Charles C. B. Seymour - Biography - 1858 - 1454 pages
...in the original. The result was transcribed on the fly-leaf of his own Bible, and ran as follows : " I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy...in whatever language they may have been written." After his return from Harrow he determined to commence the study of the law, with the view of following...
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Memoir, Select Thoughts and Sermons of the Late Rev. Edward Payson ...

Edward Payson - Sermons - 1858 - 620 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...
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Memoir, Select Thoughts and Sermons of the Late Rev. Edward Payson ...

Edward Payson - Sermons - 1858 - 612 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...other books, in whatever language they may have been written.'7 How well he was qualified to make this remark, and how much it implied in his lips, may...
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The Primitive Church (or Baptist) Magazine, Volumes 15-16

Primitive Baptists - 1858 - 624 pages
...says, " I have carefully and regularly perused the Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that the volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important...in whatever language they may have been written." The Hon. Robert Boyle was devotedly attached to the Bible. He said of it, " It is a matchless volume,...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language or age they may have been composed.' With respect to the division of his time, Sir William, while in...
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Theological Views: Comprising the Substance of Teachings During a Ministry ...

Theodore Clapp - Sermons, American - 1859 - 364 pages
...Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more grandeur, purer morality, more important history, and finer...in whatever language they may have been written." I once heard Dr. Dwight, of Yale College say, "If the Bible had no divinity, if it were simply the...
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER HIS LIFE, LETTERS, AND POEMS

1860 - 784 pages
...the student the following eloquent testimony to the sacred volume from the pen of Sir William Jones. "I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy...in whatever language they may have been written."|| * Rev. xxl. S. t Psalm evil. 90. t 1 Pel. i. 21. See also Heb. !v. 12. $ u It is the spirit that quickeneth."...
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Men who have made themselves [by J. McGilchrist].

John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 pages
...before the Asiatic Society in India, of which he was founder and president : — " I have carefully aud regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of...in whatever language they may have been written." Although Mr. Jones's connection with the family of Lord Spencer was very agreeable, yet he began, after...
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