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... exercised by generally received and prevailing opinions : and this probably it was that decided Gibbon to renounce , for a time , the religion of his country , his family , and his teachers . Proud of the idea that , unassisted , he had ...
... exercised by generally received and prevailing opinions : and this probably it was that decided Gibbon to renounce , for a time , the religion of his country , his family , and his teachers . Proud of the idea that , unassisted , he had ...
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... exercised over him at Oxford , where he had been entered . Duty prompted him to inform his father of it , who , in the first excitement of anger , made known the fatal secret . The young man was dismissed from Oxford , and soon after ...
... exercised over him at Oxford , where he had been entered . Duty prompted him to inform his father of it , who , in the first excitement of anger , made known the fatal secret . The young man was dismissed from Oxford , and soon after ...
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... exercised in dissecting and scattering the various parts of a fact , did not occasionally give way to the staid philosophy which re - combines them and throws the reality of a new life into what it so constructs . But all must be struck ...
... exercised in dissecting and scattering the various parts of a fact , did not occasionally give way to the staid philosophy which re - combines them and throws the reality of a new life into what it so constructs . But all must be struck ...
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... exercised by the emperors themselves . They knew and valued the advantages of religion , as it is con- nected with civil government . They encouraged the public festivals , which humanize the manners of the people . They managed the ...
... exercised by the emperors themselves . They knew and valued the advantages of religion , as it is con- nected with civil government . They encouraged the public festivals , which humanize the manners of the people . They managed the ...
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... exercised the sacerdotal function for none but the gods of their fathers . Their sentiments and those of their subjects , as traced by Gibbon , show why they both remained unexcited by religious discord and its consequences . But on the ...
... exercised the sacerdotal function for none but the gods of their fathers . Their sentiments and those of their subjects , as traced by Gibbon , show why they both remained unexcited by religious discord and its consequences . But on the ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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