 Scriptures, contain, independently of a ** divine origin, more true sublimity, more " exquisite beauty, purer morality, more 4i important history, and finer strains both " of poetry and eloquence, than could be " collected, within the same compass, from...  Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones - Seite 286von John Shore Baron Teignmouth - 1806 - 531 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1795 - 486 Seiten
...eloquence, than could be collected within the fame compafs from all other books that were ever com pol cd in any age, or in any idiom. The two parts, of which the Scriptures conflit, are connected by & chain of compofitions, which bear DO refemblance in form or itylc to any... | |
 | 1796 - 490 Seiten
...eloquence, than could be collected within the fame compafs from all other books, that were ever compofed in any age or in any idiom* The two parts, of which the Scriptures conftft, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bear no refernblance in form or ftyle to any... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1796 - 404 Seiten
...than " could be colle£led within the fame compafs *' from all other books that were ever comtc pofed in any age, or in any idiom. The " two parts of which the fcriptures confifr, " are connected by a chain of compofitions" (meaning the prophetical books) " which... | |
 | A. M - 1797 - 358 Seiten
...independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry...chain of compositions, which bear no resemblance, either in form or stile, to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian, Indian, Persian, or... | |
 | 1798 - 542 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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. Hemans lay on her death-bed, she repeated whole chapters of Isaiah with rejoicing lips ; and... | |
 | 1800 - 812 Seiten
...eloquence, than could he collected within the fame compafs from all other books that were ever compofed in any age, or in any idiom. • — The two parts, of which the fcriptures cnnfift, ar« connected by a chain of compofitions, which bear no refcmblance in form or... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 1008 Seiten
...eloquence, than could be collected within the fame compafs from all other books that were ever compofcd in any age, or in any idiom. —The two parts, of which the fcriptures confift, are conncfted by a chain of compofitions, which bear no irfemblance in form or... | |
 | David Morrice - 1801 - 328 Seiten
...independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry...that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom." SIR WILLIAM JONES, in his Asiatic Researches. ,• Armed with this shield, far more invulnerable than... | |
 | 1804 - 508 Seiten
...deemed proper to add the next, and indeed the concluding sentence, which might be thus arranged: — THE TWO PARTS OF WHICH THE SCRIPTURES CONSIST, . ARE...WHICH BEAR NO RESEMBLANCE, IN FORM OR STYLE, TO ANY THING THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM THE STORES OF GRECIAN, PERSIAN, OR EVEN ARABIAN LEARNING; THE ANTIQUITY... | |
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