The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 129
... Pagan mythology . But the belief of the Christian was accompanied with horror . The most trifling mark of respect to the national worship he considered as a direct homage yielded to the demon , and as an act of rebellion against the ...
... Pagan mythology . But the belief of the Christian was accompanied with horror . The most trifling mark of respect to the national worship he considered as a direct homage yielded to the demon , and as an act of rebellion against the ...
Side 131
... Pagan friend ( on the occasion per- haps of sneezing ) used the familiar expression of Jupiter bless you , " the Chris- tian was obliged to protest against the divinity of Jupiter . • Consult the most laboured work of Ovid , his ...
... Pagan friend ( on the occasion per- haps of sneezing ) used the familiar expression of Jupiter bless you , " the Chris- tian was obliged to protest against the divinity of Jupiter . • Consult the most laboured work of Ovid , his ...
Side 144
... 23. ) throws out a bold defiance to the Pagan magis- Of the primitive miracles , the power of exorcising is the only one which has been assumed by the Protestants . any surprise , when we recollect that in the days 144 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... 23. ) throws out a bold defiance to the Pagan magis- Of the primitive miracles , the power of exorcising is the only one which has been assumed by the Protestants . any surprise , when we recollect that in the days 144 ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 149
... pagan contemporaries , or their dege- nerate successors - repentance for their past sins , and the laudable desire of supporting the reputation of the so- ciety in which they were engaged . Effects of their re- pentance . It is a very ...
... pagan contemporaries , or their dege- nerate successors - repentance for their past sins , and the laudable desire of supporting the reputation of the so- ciety in which they were engaged . Effects of their re- pentance . It is a very ...
Side 156
... pagan governors . But while they in- culcated the maxims of passive obedience , they refused to take any active part in the civil administration or the military defence of the empire . Some indulgence might perhaps be allowed to those ...
... pagan governors . But while they in- culcated the maxims of passive obedience , they refused to take any active part in the civil administration or the military defence of the empire . Some indulgence might perhaps be allowed to those ...
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