| Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 páginas
...almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible, — a book which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice...the original, prevented them from adding any of the ideous decorations then in fashion. The groundwork of the version, indeed, was of an earlier age. The... | |
| 1911 - 856 páginas
...Essay on John Dryden, bears similar testimony. He speaks of "that stupendous work, the English Bible, a book which, if everything else in our language should...to show the whole extent of its beauty and power." And that the English Version, especially of the New Testament, which bears in particular the impress... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...stupendous work, the English Bible — a book which, if every thing else in our language should periih, * origi- 1 nal prevented them from adding any of the : hideous decorations then in fashion. The ! groundwork... | |
| 1852 - 780 páginas
...boolt which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show '!:•• superior eloquence and dexterity will make the worse appear the better tell for the original prevented them from adding any of the nideous decorations then in fashion. The... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible — a book which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole eitcnt of its beauty and power. The respect which the translators felt for the original prevented them... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 páginas
...almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible — a book which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice...which the translators felt for the original prevented ihem from adding any of the mdeous decorations then in fashion. The groundwork of the version, indeed,... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 870 páginas
...on John Dryden, bears similar testimony. He speaks of ' that stupendous work, the English Bible, a book which, if everything else in our language should...to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.' And that the English Version, especially of the New Testament, which bears in particular the impress... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 páginas
...Hall and of Lord Bacon, was almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible, a book which, if everything else in our language should...them from adding any of the hideous decorations then iu fashion. The ground-work of the version, indeed, was of an earlier age. The familiarity with which... | |
| Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 páginas
...Hall and of Lord Bacon was almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work the English Bible, a book which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show its beauty and power. The respect which the translators felt for the original prevented them from adding... | |
| 1883 - 762 páginas
...FW Faber, a distinguished Koman Catholic. Macaulay styles the English Bible 'that stupendous work', which, if everything else in our language should perish,...to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. Aniong many others who have made similar criticisms may be named Cardinal Newman, Matthew Arnold, Huxley,... | |
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