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Side 3
... circumjacent nations, could ever persuade the Jews to associate with the
institutions of Moses the elegant mythology of the Greeks.4 According to the
maxims of universal toleration, the Romans protected a superstition which they
despised.
... circumjacent nations, could ever persuade the Jews to associate with the
institutions of Moses the elegant mythology of the Greeks.4 According to the
maxims of universal toleration, the Romans protected a superstition which they
despised.
Side 10
According to Le Clerc, the Hebrew word Ebjonim may be translated into Latin by
that of Pauperis. See Hist. Ecclesiast. p. 477. [The name was assumed by
themselves in reference to the poverty of their condition ; the Fathers
contemptuously ...
According to Le Clerc, the Hebrew word Ebjonim may be translated into Latin by
that of Pauperis. See Hist. Ecclesiast. p. 477. [The name was assumed by
themselves in reference to the poverty of their condition ; the Fathers
contemptuously ...
Side 22
According to the most natural interpretation of his words, the Sadducees admitted
only the Pentateuch ; but it has pleased some modern critics to add the prophets
to their creed, and to suppose that they contented themselves with rejecting the ...
According to the most natural interpretation of his words, the Sadducees admitted
only the Pentateuch ; but it has pleased some modern critics to add the prophets
to their creed, and to suppose that they contented themselves with rejecting the ...
Side 23
As the mum works of the creation had been finished in six days, their duration in
their present state, according to a tradition which was attributed to the prophet
Elijah, was fixed to six thousand years.62 By the same analogy it was inferred
that ...
As the mum works of the creation had been finished in six days, their duration in
their present state, according to a tradition which was attributed to the prophet
Elijah, was fixed to six thousand years.62 By the same analogy it was inferred
that ...
Side 32
described as the surest pledge of the divine favour and of future felicity, and
recommended as the first or perhaps the only merit of a Christian. According to
the more rigid doctors, the moral virtues, which may be equally practised by
infidels, ...
described as the surest pledge of the divine favour and of future felicity, and
recommended as the first or perhaps the only merit of a Christian. According to
the more rigid doctors, the moral virtues, which may be equally practised by
infidels, ...
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Brukerevaluering - Smiley - LibraryThingGibbon's third volume of The Decline and Fall seems to stray from the purpose stated in volume one. I think he just got carried away by the sweep of history. The melodious style and easy learning are still present but I was suffering from Gibbon fatigue by the third volume and we were off course. Les hele vurderingen
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Populære avsnitt
Side 399 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Side 73 - They died in torments, and their torments were embittered by insult and derision. Some were nailed on crosses ; others sewn up in the skins of wild beasts, and exposed to the fury of dogs ; others again, smeared over with combustible materials, were used as torches to illuminate the darkness of the night.
Side 58 - The lame walked, the blind saw, the sick were healed, the dead were raised, demons were expelled, and the laws of nature were frequently suspended for the benefit of the church. But the sages of Greece and Rome turned aside from the awful spectacle, and pursuing the ordinary occupations of life and study, appeared unconscious of any alterations in the moral or physical government of the world.
Side 135 - Turkish oppression, still exhibit a rich prospect of vineyards, of gardens, and of plentiful harvests; and the Propontis has ever been renowned for an inexhaustible store of the most exquisite fish, that are taken in their stated seasons, without skill, and almost without labour.
Side 350 - Amidst the storms of persecution, the archbishop of Alexandria was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of safety ; and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism, Athanasius displayed a superiority of character and abilities which would have qualified him, far better than the degenerate sons of Constantine, for the government of a great monarchy.
Side viii - And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me ? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Side 146 - Constantinople ; but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has incurred the censure of posterity. A nation of legislators and conquerors might assert their claim to the harvests of Africa, which had been purchased with their blood ; and it was artfully contrived by Augustus that, in the enjoyment of plenty, the Romans should lose the memory of freedom.
Side 139 - From the eastern promontory to the golden gate, the extreme length of Constantinople was about three Roman miles; the circumference measured between ten and eleven; and the surface might be computed as equal to about two thousand English acres. It is impossible to justify the vain and credulous exaggerations of modern travellers, who have sometimes stretched the limits of Constantinople over the adjacent villages of the European, and even of the Asiatic coast.
Side 7 - ... and when they reflected on the desire of fame, which transported them into future ages, far beyond the bounds of death and of the grave, they were unwilling to confound themselves with the beasts of the field, or to suppose that a being, for whose dignity they entertained the most sincere admiration, could be limited to a spot of earth, and to a few years of duration.
Side 15 - How shall I admire, how laugh, how rejoice, how exult, when I behold so many proud monarchs, and fancied gods, groaning in the lowest abyss of darkness ; so many magistrates who persecuted the name of the Lord, liquefying in fiercer fires than they ever kindled against the Christians ; so many sage philosophers blushing in red-hot flames with their deluded scholars...
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, John Bagnell Bury |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Redaktør | John Bagnell Bury |
| Utgiver | Methuen & Company, 1901 |
| Original fra | Harvard University |
| Digitalisert | 27. des 2006 |
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