 | Edward Gibbon - 1804 - 502 sivua
...respectable bishops had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of Paganism, if they found some...bosom of Christianity. The religion of Constantine atchieved, in less than a century, the final conquest of the Roman empire : but the victors themselves... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 458 sivua
...p. 126, Sec.) CHAP, the bosom of Christianity. The religion of Con•V VX/II I stantine atchieved, in less than a century, the final conquest of the...insensibly subdued by the arts of their vanquished rivals *. * The imitation of Paganism is the subject of Dr Middleton's agreeable letter from Rome. Warburton's... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 460 sivua
...respectable bishops had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of Paganism, if they found some resemblance, some compensation, in K 4 the * The resemblance of superslition, which could not be imitated, might be traced from Japan... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 446 sivua
...respectable bishops had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of paganism, if they found some resemblance, some compensation in " The resemblance of superstition, which could not be imitated, might be traced from Japan to Mexico. Warburton... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 498 sivua
...rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitionsi of Paganism, if they found some ressmblance, some compensation, in the bosom of Christianity. The...victors themselves were insensibly subdued by the aria of their vanquished rivals9". 89 The resemblance of superstition, which could not be imitated,... | |
 | William Girdlestone - 1820 - 270 sivua
...Gibbon, vol. iii. p. 96. 4to. " The religion of Constantine achieved in less than a " century, this final conquest of the Roman empire,: but the " victors...the arts of " their vanquished rivals." Gibbon, vol. iii.'p, 103. 4to. N in his own prophecy, remaining in the western road which Daniel had quitted for... | |
 | 1822 - 600 sivua
...respectable bishops had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of Paganism, if they found some...compensation, in the bosom of Christianity."! The old chronicles record a twofold celebration of the Easter fire: the one held within, and the other... | |
 | 1822 - 592 sivua
...respectable bishops had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of Paganism, if they found some...compensation, in the bosom of Christianity ."{ The old chronicles record a twofold celebration of the Easter fire: the one held within, and the other... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 sivua
...respectable bishops had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstitions of Paganism, if they found some...compensation, in the bosom of Christianity §." The old chronicles record a twofold celebration of the Easter ßre : the one held within, and the other... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 512 sivua
...had persuaded themselves, that the ignorant rustics would more cheerfully renounce the superstition of Paganism, if they found some resemblance, some...insensibly subdued by the arts of their vanquished rivals. z u The resemblance of superstition, which could not be imitated, might be traced from Japan to Mexico.... | |
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The religion of Constantine achieved, in less than a century, the final conquest of the Roman empire : but the victors themselves were insensibly subdued by the arts of their vanquished rivals ". " The resemblance of superstition, which could not be imitated,... 
