 The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.  The North British Review - Sayfa 3361851Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | George Frederick Playter - 1862 - 438 sayfa
...modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally trne : by the philosopher, as equally false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.' - — Gibbon's Decline and Fall, chapter ti. » is hindered at once. He must see that there is but... | |
 | 1862 - 760 sayfa
...says of ancient Paganism at Bome—viz., " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful,"—seems to be practically... | |
 | Thomas Pearson - 1863 - 344 sayfa
...of the paganism of ancient Rome, says, " the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." The comment of some one is, " after eighteen centuries of the Gospel, we seem unhappily to be coming... | |
 | Samuel Wainwright - 1865 - 510 sayfa
...miracles involved in the creation of the 7 " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful." (Gibbon's "Decline and Fall"; ch. ii.) ' See Abp. Whately's "Essay on some of the Difficulties in the... | |
 | Rev. Henry Greene - 1866 - 496 sayfa
...the sentiments of an Atheist under sacerdotal robes." There were priests ; but " all religions were considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful," while gladiators, slaves, actors, buffoons, and strangers, made up the rest of the population. From... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1868 - 670 sayfa
...part of their subjeets. The various modes of worship, -which prevailed 111 the liomuri world, were nil considered by the people as equally true ; by the...religious concord. The superstition of the people was not imbittered by any mixture of thcological rancor ; nor was it confined by the chains of any speculative... | |
 | Taylor W.F. and sons - 1868 - 108 sayfa
...Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : — " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." Looking back upon these Ruins as a whole, how interesting, how eloquent do they become to us ! Out... | |
 | Thomas Rawson Birks - 1869 - 464 sayfa
...the heathen empire, as Gibbon tells us in his sarcastic style, ' the various forms of worship were considered, by the people as equally true, by the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful.' The standard of modern liberal policy oscillates uneasily between the second and third of these varieties... | |
 | William Paley, John Mackenzie Bacon - 1870 - 162 sayfa
...Mr. Gibbon's account is as follows :— "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." From which of these three classes could the Christian missionaries look for protection or impunity... | |
 | 1870 - 340 sayfa
...and prosperous ; " and has planted in it the sceptic's paradise, where " the various modes of worship were all considered by the people as equally true,...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." But only the most frantic sceptic, with the most wonderful faculty of believing what he wished, and... | |
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