 | 1844 - 788 Seiten
...of idolatry had penetrated and poisoned the whole of social intercourse. In the words of Gibbon, " The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1844 - 380 Seiten
...Christian zeal may be best elucidated by a consideration of the objects against which it is directed. "The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time,... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...doctrine, professed in the schools, or preached in the temples; the innumerable deities and rights of Polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance...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... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1846 - 524 Seiten
...doctrine, professed in the schools, or preached in the temples; the innumerable deities and rights of Polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance...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... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 396 Seiten
...merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or taught in the temples. The innumerable duties and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or of pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 530 Seiten
...merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or taught in the temples. The innumerable duties and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or of pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1848 - 526 Seiten
...doctrine, professed in the schools, or preached in the temples; the innumerable deities and rights of Polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance...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... | |
 | George Griffin - 1850 - 370 Seiten
...Gibbon, "was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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... | |
 | George Griffin - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...Gibbon, " was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 658 Seiten
...the confession of the daemons themselves as often as they were tormented by the Christian exorcists. of polytheism were closely interwoven- with every...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... | |
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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... 
