The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language…

The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

1828

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1828

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "John Dryden." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1828.

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