 I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history,...  Self-improvement: Chiefly Addressed to the Young... - Sida 148efter John Todd - 1799 - 192 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1798 - 542 sidor
...of a divine origin, more true sublimity, " more exquisite beauty, purer moralily, more im" portant history, and finer strains both of poetry and " eloquence,...same ' ' compass from all other books, that were ever com" posed in any age, or in any idiom . The two " parts, of which the scriptures consist, are con"... | |
 | 1799 - 204 sidor
...make life happy. Sir William Jones finds in it " more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains, both of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom." As Mrs.... | |
 | 1804 - 508 sidor
...INDEPENDENTLY OF ITS DIVINE ORIGIN, CONTAINS MORE TRUE SUBLIMITY, MORE 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 AGE OR LANGUAGE THEY MAY HAVE" BEEN COMPOSED. Here... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1801 - 436 sidor
...i cannot refrain from adding, that the collection of traft« which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true Sublimity, more exquifite beauty, purer morality, more important hiftory, and finer (trains both of poetry and eloquence,... | |
 | 1813 - 996 sidor
...notorious, where he declares that " the Scriptures f contain, independently of their divine original, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer...the same compass from all other books that were ever • Tacit. Hist. lib. v. 5. t Anniversary Discourse. made by Mr. D'Oyly to specific charges of Sir... | |
 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 sidor
...independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more 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 age or language they may have been composed.... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 sidor
...independently of its divine origin, contains more true Sublimity, more 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 age or language they may have been composed. " The... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 sidor
..." The collection of tracts, which, from their excellence, we call Scriptures, contain, independant of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite...important history, and finer strains both of poetry and of eloquence, than can be collected within the same compass from all other books that were ever composed... | |
 | James Wilson - 1805 - 452 sidor
...collection ' of tracts, which 'we call, from their * excellence, the Scriptures, contain, in4 dependently of a divine origin, more ' true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, ' purer morality, more important histo* ry, and finer strains, both of poetry * and eloquence, than could be collect' ed, within the... | |
 | 1805 - 1082 sidor
...iheif excellence tbeScrip' lures, contain, independently of a ' divine origin, more true sublimi' ty, more exquisite beauty, purer * morality, more important history, ' and finer strains both ol poetry 4 and eloquence, than could be col-. * lected within the same compass '* from all other books,... | |
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