 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 682 sider
...Quadratus, Aristides, Athenagoras, Tertullian, LacUntiu*, Arnobius, and others. body," (the Roman empire) " was invaded by open violence or undermined by slow...men ; grew up in silence and obscurity ; derived new vigour from opposition ; and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 sider
...Roman empire. While that gre^: importan« body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slo'.v decay, a pure and humble religion gently insinuated...men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new rigour from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the,... | |
 | Robert Owen - 1829 - 568 sider
...exaggeration upon this point. "While (says Mr. Gibbon) that great body" (the Roman Empire) "was involved by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure...insinuated itself into the minds of men; grew up in silence jud obscurity; derived new vigor from opposition ; and finally erected the triumphant banner of the... | |
 | Robert Haldane - 1834 - 534 sider
...suspected of exaggeration on this point. " While," says Mr Gibbon, " that great body " (the Roman empire) " was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow...men ; grew up in silence and obscurity ; derived new vigour from opposition ; and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 480 sider
...acquit him of intentional exaggeration on this point : — " While that great body" (the Roman empire) " was invaded by open violence or undermined by slow...men ; grew up in silence and obscurity ; derived new vigour from opposition ; and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruing of the... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1838 - 516 sider
...temples."—" While the Roman empire was invaded," as the historian of its Decline and Fall observes, "by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a...men; grew up in silence and obscurity; derived new vigour from opposition ; and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the... | |
 | Robert Owen - 1839 - 556 sider
...exaggeration upon this point. While (says Mr. Gibbon) that great body (the Roman empire) was involved by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure...men ; grew up in silence and obscurity ; derived new vigour from opposition ; and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1841 - 528 sider
...acquit him of intentional exaggeration on this point : — " While that great body" (the Roman empire) " was invaded by open violence or undermined by slow decay, a pure anil humble rtügion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men ; grew up in silence and obscurity... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1848 - 908 sider
...wisdom they will readily adopt it." (i) GIBBON'S TESTIMONY.— "While the Roman empire," says Gibbon, " was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion greatly insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and sobriety, derived new vigor... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1849 - 482 sider
...as a very essential part of the history of the Roman empire. While that great body," he observes, " was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow...men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the... | |
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While that great body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant... 
