 | Restitution - 1880 - 170 sider
...may be relied on, however we may disagree with his deductions from them.12 "While the Koman 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 banner of the cross on the ruins of the Capital." This... | |
 | Thomas Ebenezer Slater - 1882 - 148 sider
...Progress and Establishment of Christianity," observes : — " While that great body (the Eoman 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... | |
 | Henry Richard - 1885 - 168 sider
...we find a more impartial witness than Gibbon ? who says : " 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 ruins of the... | |
 | Henry Richard - 1885 - 168 sider
...we find a more impartial witness than Gibbon ? who says : " 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 ruins of the... | |
 | William Rowe Lyall - 1885 - 494 sider
...felt by those who want it most. "While the Boman empire," so begins the fifteenth chapter, " was being invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay,...men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour from opposition, and finally created the triumphant banner of the Cross on the ruins of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1887 - 480 sider
...a very essential part importance of the history of the Roman empire. While that great inquiry. body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion jjently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derivecT new vigour... | |
 | Sir Robert Lambert Playfair, John Murray (Firm) - 1891 - 458 sider
...before he had attained the age of 19 years, in March 244. Gibbon observes : " While 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... | |
 | Henry Calderwood - 1893 - 380 sider
...earliest historic period, when its practical power began to be felt throughout the Roman Empire : ' A pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself...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... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 600 sider
...may be considered as a very essential part of the history of the Roman empire. While that great body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow...derived new vigor from opposition, and finally erected its triumphant banner of the Cross on the ruins of the Capitol. Nor was the influence of Christianity... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 sider
...considered as a very essential part th° u>4'Ur7 of the history of the Roman empire. While that great body was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion jjently insinuated, itself into the Mnjnjjs oflnen,_grew~up~in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour... | |
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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... 
