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... Perhaps something of importance may have thus escaped , and his expressions may not quite contain the whole sub- stance of the passage from which they are taken . His limits , at times , compel him to sketch ; where that is the case ...
... Perhaps something of importance may have thus escaped , and his expressions may not quite contain the whole sub- stance of the passage from which they are taken . His limits , at times , compel him to sketch ; where that is the case ...
Side xiv
... perhaps we might write passions , yet it must be candidly acknowl- edged , that his philosophical bigotry is not more unjust than the theological partialities of those ecclesiastical writers who were before in undisputed possession of ...
... perhaps we might write passions , yet it must be candidly acknowl- edged , that his philosophical bigotry is not more unjust than the theological partialities of those ecclesiastical writers who were before in undisputed possession of ...
Side xviii
... perhaps less picturesque , but still with lively and attractive , descriptiveness ? He might have thrown aside , with the same scorn , the mass of ecclesiastical fiction which envelops the early history of the church , stripped off the ...
... perhaps less picturesque , but still with lively and attractive , descriptiveness ? He might have thrown aside , with the same scorn , the mass of ecclesiastical fiction which envelops the early history of the church , stripped off the ...
Side xix
... perhaps , yet fatal change shall have been drawn by an impartial , or even an hostile hand . The Christianity of every age may take warning , lest by its own narrow views , its want of wisdom , and its want of charity , it give the same ...
... perhaps , yet fatal change shall have been drawn by an impartial , or even an hostile hand . The Christianity of every age may take warning , lest by its own narrow views , its want of wisdom , and its want of charity , it give the same ...
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... perhaps too hastily , to commit to the press a work which in every sense of the word , deserves the epithet of imperfect , I consider myself as contracting an engagement to finish , most probably in a second volume , 2 the first of ...
... perhaps too hastily , to commit to the press a work which in every sense of the word , deserves the epithet of imperfect , I consider myself as contracting an engagement to finish , most probably in a second volume , 2 the first of ...
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Side vi - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Side 94 - Their united reigns are possibly the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government.
Side 37 - Viewing, with a smile of pity and indulgence, the various errors of the vulgar, they diligently practised the ceremonies of their fathers, devoutly frequented the temples of the gods, and sometimes condescending to act a part on the theatre of superstition, they concealed the sentiments of an atheist under the sacerdotal robes.
Side 205 - Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations, and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than ostentation.
Side 94 - His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Side 504 - After a revolution of thirteen or fourteen centuries, that religion is still professed by the nations of Europe, the most distinguished portion of human kind in arts and learning as well as in arms. By the industry and zeal of the Europeans it has been widely diffused to the most distant shores of Asia and Africa; and by the means of their colonies has been firmly established from Canada to Chili, in a world unknown to the ancients.
Side 524 - The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind, and all the offices and amusements of...
Side 532 - When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind on condition of adopting the faith and of observing the precepts of the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank and of every province in the Roman empire.
Side 35 - The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed, in peace, their local and respective influence; nor could the Roman who deprecated the wrath of the Tiber, deride the Egyptian who presented his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile.
Side 352 - Instead of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the steady administration of Zenobia was guided by the most judicious maxims of policy. If it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment; if it was necessary to punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity. Her strict economy was accused of avarice; yet on every proper occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighboring States of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia dreaded her enmity and solicited her...