 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 páginas
...of the philosophers, with all their pomp ; how contemptible do they appear in comparison to this ! Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, can be the work of man ? Can he who is the subject of its history be himself a mere man ? Was his the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 páginas
...the + philosophers, with all their pomp : haw + contemptible do they appear in comparison with tLis 1 Is it possible, that a book at once so simple and sublime, can be the work of man ! \Vhat presence of mind, what sagacity and propriety in his answers ! How great... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1854 - 498 páginas
...with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of pur philosophers, with all their pomp of diction : how...mean, how contemptible are they, compared with the Scripture ! Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 páginas
...(Remarks of a Sceptic.) I will confess that the majesty of the scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel hath its influence on my...compared with the scriptures! Is it possible that such a book, at once so simple, and so sublime should be merely the work of man? Do we find that he... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 páginas
...of the philosophers, with all their pomp : how contemptible do they appear in comparison to this ! Is it possible, that a book at once so simple and sublime, can be the work of man ? Can he who is the subject of its history, be himself a mere man ? Was his... | |
 | John Cumming - 1856 - 300 páginas
...further, that the majesty of the Scripture strikes me with admiration as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our...of diction — how mean, how contemptible are they when compared with Scripture ! Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, should be... | |
 | 1856 - 192 páginas
..."I will confess to you," he says, "that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of philosophers, with all their pomp of diction, how mean — how contemptible are they, compared with... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - 1858 - 360 páginas
...all the philosophers, with all their pomp, how contemptible do they appear in comparison with this ! Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime, can be the work of man?" No respectable critic, indeed, from the days of Longinus to our own, has been... | |
 | 1858 - 414 páginas
...Rousseau, in his Treatise on Education, that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my...how mean, how contemptible are they compared with Scripture! Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of man?... | |
 | John Campbell (of Tolbooth church, Edinb.), John Gordon Lorimer (D.D.) - 1859 - 390 páginas
...will confess to you,' says he, " that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel hath its influence on my...mean, how contemptible are they, compared with the Scripture ! Is it possible that a book, at once so simple aud sublime, should be merely the work of... | |
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Is it possible that a book, at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage, whose history it contains, should be himself a mere man... 
