| William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...spirit and they are life." mity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." * Having quoted Sir William Jones's testimony, we conclude by urging his example. " Before thy mystic... | |
| Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." Salmatius, the learned antagonist of Milton, said on his death-bed, "that were he to begin life again,... | |
| 1837 - 790 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." Beware then how you treat a subject whose indispensable importance is solemnly announced in that book... | |
| Lindley Murray - Biography - 1888 - 406 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." As religion was the subject of his meditations in health, it was more forcibly impressed upon his mind... | |
| Joel Hawes - 1839 - 146 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever...every morning dawn and evening shade, repair to the hook of God for instruction and counsel, and the happy effects of it upon your minds and hearts, upon... | |
| John Mather Austin - Conduct of life - 1839 - 496 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." Let this invaluable volume be often and faithfully perused — let its contents, especially its moral... | |
| Great Britain - 1844 - 582 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence than can be collected from all other books in whatever language they may have been written." To this testimony in favour of " Theological Science," by one of the most accomplished scholars and... | |
| Mrs. Frederick Montgomerie - 1839 - 244 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." Call to mind that a Newton, a Bacon, a Boyle, a Milton, a Dante, a Pascal, a Klopstock, devoted their... | |
| Help - 1839 - 120 pages
...volume contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written. SIR WILLIAM JONES. THE DUTY OF PRIVATE JUDGMENT. The personal responsibility of every individual in... | |
| Caroline Amelia Halsted - English literature - 1840 - 212 pages
...origin, contains more sublimity, pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written." He had endeavoured to discover the best human means of propagating the Gospel throughout India, and... | |
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