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... History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Side 35av Edward Gibbon - 1875Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1825 - 600 sider
...earth. The thin textur* of Pagan mythology was interwoven with various, but not discordant materials. The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams,...' offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile.' We are indeed filled with horror at the thought, that so total a dereliction of religious principle... | |
| 1825 - 594 sider
...interwoven with various, but not discordant materials. The deities of a thousand groves and a thou-iiinl streams, possessed in peace their local and respective...his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile." We are indeed filled with horror at the thought, that so total a dereliction of religious principle... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 sider
...the mistress of the world, all nations to collect from and all forms of paganism to countenance. " The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams...his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile. Every virtue and even vice acquired its divine representative, every art and profession its patron,... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 sider
...the mistress of the world, all nations to collect from and all forms of paganism to countenance. " The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams...his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile. Every virtue and even vice acquired its divine representative, every art and profession its patron,... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 sider
...mistress of the world,, all nations to collect from and all forms of paganism to countenance. " Tho deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams...his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile. Every virtue and even vice acquired its divine representative, every art and profession its patron,... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1833 - 450 sider
...the mistress of the world, all nations to collect from, and all forms of paganism to countenance. " The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams...deride the Egyptian who presented his offering to the benefi* Rom. i. 29—32. t Rom. i. 22, 23. cent genius of the Nile. Every virtue and even vice acquired... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1852 - 470 sider
...the mistress of the world, a 1 nations to collect from, and all forms of paganism to countenance. " The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams...of the Tiber, deride the Egyptian who presented his oifering to the beneficent genius of the Nile. Every virtue and even vice acquired its divine representative... | |
| Robert Hare - 1855 - 556 sider
...country, were ex.alted to a state of power and immortality, it was universally confessed that .they deserved, if not the adoration, at least the reverence,...thousand streams possessed, in peace, their local and respected influence; nor could the Roman, who deprecated the wrath of the Tiber, deride the Egyptian... | |
| Robert Hare - 1855 - 484 sider
...country, were ex.alted to a state of power and immortality, it was universally confessed that vthey deserved, if not the adoration, at least the reverence,...thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed, in vpeace, their local and respected influence; nor could the Roman, who cleiprecated the wrath of the... | |
| George West Royston Pigott - 1856 - 308 sider
...devout polytheist to multiply the articles of his belief and to enlarge the list of his protectors. The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams...offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile. The Greek, the Raifian, and the Barbarian, as they met before their respective altars, easily persuaded... | |
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