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... The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ... - Seite 760 von Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 848 Seiten Vollansicht -
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