 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.  Letters on the Logos - Seite 54von Charles Wentworth Upham - 1828 - 215 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Paley - 1828 - 610 Seiten
...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful:" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were, the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1828 - 286 Seiten
...government, especially in later times, is inimitably described in the following passages of Gibbon : "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in...false, — and by the magistrate, as equally useful. * (Decl. & Fall, ch. 2, vol. 1 , p. 46). " Notwithstanding the fashionable irreligion which prevailed... | |
 | 1828 - 290 Seiten
...goveTnment, especially in later times, is inimitably described in the following passages of Gibbon : "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in...false, — and by the magistrate, as equally .useful. " (Decl. & Fall, ch. 2, vol. 1, p. 46). " Notwithstanding the fashionable irreligion which prevailed... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1829 - 466 Seiten
...resistance to the only faithful and rational account of the matter, so elegantly given us by Gibbon.f " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false, — and by the magistrate, as equally useful. " Both the interests of the priests, and the credulity of the people were sufficiently respected. In... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 378 Seiten
...mea,sure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr Gibbon : ' The various modes of Worship which prevailed in the...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful : ' and I would ask, from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | William Henry Rowlatt - 1830 - 454 Seiten
...whom I have already quoted) to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : that the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful1." And yet if natural religion... | |
 | William Jones - 1831 - 570 Seiten
...cannot be more fitly and aptly expressed than it has been by Mr. Gibbon, in the following words:—" The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."* The Religions of the Indians, Egyptians, Persians, and Cells. IN reviewing the... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 692 Seiten
...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful:" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 Seiten
...great measure dended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon: sions I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | John Wade - 1831 - 610 Seiten
...the superstitious part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the known world were all considered by the people as equally...toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."* Further on he continues, •' Notwithstanding the fashionable irreligion which... | |
| |
