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Side x
... Causes of the Growth-of Christianity 266 I. THE FlRST CAUSE. Zeal osthe Jews - , 267 Its gradual Increase - - - 269 Their Religion better suited to Defcnce than to Conquest - - - 27! More liberal Zeal os Christianity - 273 Obstinacy and ...
... Causes of the Growth-of Christianity 266 I. THE FlRST CAUSE. Zeal osthe Jews - , 267 Its gradual Increase - - - 269 Their Religion better suited to Defcnce than to Conquest - - - 27! More liberal Zeal os Christianity - 273 Obstinacy and ...
Side xii
Edward Gibbon. A. D. Page V. THE FIFTH CAUSE. The Christians active in the Government os the Church - 328 Its ... Causes - 3 53 Weakness of Polytheism - - ib. The Scepticism of the Pagan World proved savour. able to the new Religion - - 3 ...
Edward Gibbon. A. D. Page V. THE FIFTH CAUSE. The Christians active in the Government os the Church - 328 Its ... Causes - 3 53 Weakness of Polytheism - - ib. The Scepticism of the Pagan World proved savour. able to the new Religion - - 3 ...
Side 7
... cause os their new sovereign. They ratified, perhaps with sincere transport of zeal, the election of Claudius; and as his predecessor had shewn himself the personal enemy of their order, they exercised under the name of justice a severe ...
... cause os their new sovereign. They ratified, perhaps with sincere transport of zeal, the election of Claudius; and as his predecessor had shewn himself the personal enemy of their order, they exercised under the name of justice a severe ...
Side 34
... cause, or at least the occasion, of his death 5'. His nephew, Mzonius, presumed to dart his javelin befOre that of his uncle; and though admonished of his error, repeated the same insolence. As a monarch, and as a sportsman, Odenathus ...
... cause, or at least the occasion, of his death 5'. His nephew, Mzonius, presumed to dart his javelin befOre that of his uncle; and though admonished of his error, repeated the same insolence. As a monarch, and as a sportsman, Odenathus ...
Side 43
... cause I disdainedvto consider as Roman em" perors an Aureolus or a Gallienus. You " alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and my '4 sovereign"." But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, so it is seldom steady or consistent. The ...
... cause I disdainedvto consider as Roman em" perors an Aureolus or a Gallienus. You " alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and my '4 sovereign"." But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, so it is seldom steady or consistent. The ...
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