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" 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... - Page 148
by John Todd - 1799 - 192 pages
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Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in ..., Volume 4

Asia - 1798 - 542 pages
...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"...
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The Bible in Many Tongues

Bible - 1799 - 204 pages
...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....
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 7

1804 - 508 pages
...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...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1801 - 436 pages
...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,...
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The Christian Observer, Volume 11

Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...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...
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The triumphs of Christianity over infidelity displayed, or the coming of the ...

N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...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....
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Lectures on the Gospel of st. Matthew, Volume 1

Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...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...
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An Essay on the Best Means of Civilising the Subjects of the British Empire ...

John Mitchell - British - 1805 - 260 pages
..." 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...
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The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Accounts of that Country ..., Volume 1

James Wilson - Egypt - 1805 - 452 pages
...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...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

English poetry - 1805 - 1082 pages
...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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