 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pàgines
...have saiu and thought upon the works of nature, left the following note at the end of his Bible. " I have regularly " and attentively read these Holy...am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 428 pàgines
...sufficient for the English. . THE LATE SIR WILLIAM JONES At the End of his Rible wrote the following Note. I HAVE regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures...of opinion,• that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 428 pàgines
...for the English. THE LATE SIR WILLIAM JONES At the End of his Bible wrote the following Note. I tJAVE regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures...am of opinion, that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pàgines
...not only to the sublimity, but to the divine inspiration of the Sacred Writings. " J have (says he) regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures,...am of opinion, that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true tublimity, more exquisite beauty, mqre pure morality, more important... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 422 pàgines
...by his extensive and various learning. In the last leaf of his Bible these words were written*: "/ have regularly and attentively read these holy Scriptures,...and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more * Seward's Anecdotes, vol. v, p. 1"6. simplicity and beauty, more... | |
 | Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 pàgines
...MOBEKN TRANSLATIONS. BY THEOPHILUS BROWNE, AM LATE FELLOW AND TUTOR OF ST. PETER'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. I have regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that independently of a divine origin, they contain more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer |... | |
 | Henry Gauntlett - 1810 - 236 pàgines
...Dr. Johnson, F court of Bengal, who died a few years ago, had written these words in his Bible :—" I have regularly and attentively read these holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independent of its divine origin, contains more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important... | |
 | Samuel Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary - 1812 - 128 pàgines
...the decision of a scholar, in •whom learning and taste in their highest perfection were combined; " I have regularly and attentively read these holy scriptures,...and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity and beauty, purer morality, and finer strains of poetry... | |
 | Samuel Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary - 1812 - 134 pàgines
...the decision of a scholarj in whom learning and taste in their highest perfection were combined; " I have regularly and attentively read these holy scriptures,...and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity and beauty, purer morality, and finer strains of poetry... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pàgines
...by his extensive and various learning. In /the last leaf of his Bible these words were written:* " I have regularly and attentively read these holy Scriptures,...and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin^ contains more simplicity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history,... | |
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At the end of the Bible which was the property of the late Sir W. Jones, so justly celebrated for his researches into the literature, mythology, and antiquities of Hindostan, appears the following note in his own hand-writing: " I have regularly, and... 
