 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 sivua
...those solemn festivals, seemed to insult or $> lament the public felicity. If the empire had beejr afflicted by any recent calamity, by a plague, a famine,...interrupted, the superstitious pagans were convinced that the crnnes and the impiety of the Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1827 - 474 sivua
...been afflicted by any recent calamity, by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war ; if the Tiber had, or if the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks ; if CHAP. the earth had shaken, or if the temperate order of the XVIseasons had been interrupted ; the... | |
 | William Jones - 1832 - 642 sivua
...that the Christians alone abhorred the gods of mankind, and by their absence and melancholy on those solemn festivals, seemed to insult or to lament the...superstitious Pagans were convinced that the crimes and the • Divine Legation of Moses, vol. ii. b. ii. sect. 6, &c. f Quoted in Dr. Middleton's Free Enquiry,... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin Thayer - 1836 - 324 sivua
...afflicted with any recent calamity, a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war: if the Tiber had, or the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks ; if the...superstitious Pagans were convinced, that the crimes and impiety of the Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government, had at length... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 sivua
...unsuccessful war ; if the Tyber had, or the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks ; if the earth nad shaken, or if the temperate order of the seasons had...Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the rovernment, had at length provoked the Divine justice, t was not among a licentious and exasperated... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin Thayer - 1849 - 450 sivua
...afflicted with any recent calamity, a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war; if the Tiber had, or the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks ; if the...superstitious Pagans were convinced that the crimes and impiety of the Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government, had at length... | |
 | 1851 - 372 sivua
...been afflicted by any recent calamity, by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war ; if the Tiber had, or if the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks;...earth had shaken, or if the temperate order of the stasons had been interrupted, the superstitious Pagans were convinced, that the crimes and the impiety... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 624 sivua
...Antoninus, in his Comrn. lli.it. -Theol. in Edict. Imp. Antonini. Tubing. 1777i in 4to. — G. tiy. by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war ; if...interrupted, the superstitious Pagans were convinced irmt the crimes and the impiety of the Christians^ who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government,... | |
 | Elizabeth Armstrong Reed - 1876 - 244 sivua
...afflicted with any recent calamity — a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war; if the Tiber had, or the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks ; if the earth had been shaken, or the temperate order of the seasons had been interrupted, the superstitious pagans were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1880 - 630 sivua
...decisive against it. — U. tiy, by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war ; if the Tyber had, 01 if the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks ; if the...crimes and the impiety of the Christians, who were •pared by the excessive lenity of the government, had at length provoked the divine justice. It was... | |
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If the empire had been afflicted by any recent calamity, by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war; if the Tyber had, or if the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks; if the earth had shaken, or if the temperate order of the seasons had been interrupted,... 
