 | Robert Taylor - 1829 - 466 стор.
...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 стор.
...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...equally 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... | |
 | William Henry Rowlatt - 1830 - 454 стор.
...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 Paley - 1831 - 692 стор.
...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " chiel captain came near, and took him, and com-, manded...some cried one thing, and some another, among the mu and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for... | |
 | William Jones - 1831 - 570 стор.
...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...equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."* The Religions... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 стор.
...great measure dended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon: sions : and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
 | John Wade - 1831 - 610 стор.
...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...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."* Further on he... | |
 | John Wade - 1832 - 730 стор.
...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...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."* Further on he... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1833 - 392 стор.
...reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious part of their subjects ; that the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ;" and that " this toleration produced not * Mosheim, cent. :i. part ic 2, t Bishop Kayo's Hist. illust.... | |
 | Robert Haldane - 1834 - 526 стор.
...result of their indiscriminating notions of Polytheism. " The various modes of worship," says Mr Gibbon, "which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered...— The devout polytheist, though fondly attached tohis national rites, admitted, with implicit faith, the different religions of the earth. — The... | |
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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. 
