 and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 551819Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 520 pages
...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, in whatever age or language they may have been composed." 8. LORD BACON. "There never was found in any age of the... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...: " I have (says he) regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains...both of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected that which stamps upon them the highest value, that which renders them, strictly speaking, inestimable,... | |
 | 1823 - 622 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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 in any age and language." We shall therefore introduce the reader to our selections from the poetry of... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824 - 802 pages
...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, in whatever age or language they may have been composed." The testimony of Rousseau is still more remarkable, as... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 530 pages
...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, in whatever age or language they may have been composed." The acknowledgments of Rousseau, likewise, whose taste... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 546 pages
...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, in whatever age or language they may have been composed." The acknowledgments of Rousseau, likewise, whose taste... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1824 - 526 pages
...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, in whatever age or language they may have been composed." It is, therefore, from this unerring source that we learn... | |
 | David Williamson - 1824 - 400 pages
...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, in whatever age or language they may have been composed." The testimony of Rousseau is still more remarkable, as... | |
 | Sir William Jones - 1824 - 336 pages
...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,... | |
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