| 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 592
...origin, contains 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. — Sir William Jones. FAMILY FEATUEES. " Things that accompany salvation." — HEB. vi. 9. ON the... | |
| 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 392
...origin, contains more sublimity and beauty — more pure morality — »ore important history, and finer of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from...whatever age or language they may have been composed." The illustrious buther had so deep an impression of the unrivalled excellence of the Scriptures, as... | |
| General reader - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 246
...scriptures contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books that were ever composed in any age... | |
| John Shepherd - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...book. " I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scrip" tures ; and am of opinion, that this volume, independently of " its divine origin, contains...morality, more important history, and finer "strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from " all other books, in whatever age or language... | |
| John Cooke - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 630
...contains 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." C. They have exerted all their faculties, employed every... | |
| Mary Roberts - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...characters that ever adorned and dignified human nature; " it contained, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure...and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected from all other books, in whatever language they might have been written." It was... | |
| 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 670
...and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and a ii of opinion that this volume, independently ol its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more...other books, in whatever age or language they may have heen written.'1 Other men of eminent learning and worth, have borne a similar testimony to the literary... | |
| Charles Buck - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 418
...contains more sublimity and: beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected! from...whatever age or language they may have been composed'' " The honourable Robert Boyle is another instance. His whole life and fortune were spent in illustrating... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 296
...origin, contains more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from...whatever age or language they may have been composed." The friends and relatives of Mr. Benyon often visited him in his retirement ; but, whoever might be... | |
| John Murray - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...origin, contains more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from...whatever age or language they may have been composed." LORD BACON. — " There never was found, in any age of the world, either philosopher, or sect, or law,... | |
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