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... Tacitus , Dio Caffius , have , all three , written of the reign of Tiberius . Each has mentioned many things omitted by the reft , yet no objection is from thence taken to the respective credit of their histories . We have in our own ...
... Tacitus , Dio Caffius , have , all three , written of the reign of Tiberius . Each has mentioned many things omitted by the reft , yet no objection is from thence taken to the respective credit of their histories . We have in our own ...
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... Tacitus has given to Chriftianity , " exitiabilis fu- perftitio " ( a pernicious fuperftition ) , and by which two words he difpofes of the whole queftion of the merits or demerits of the religion , afford a strong proof how little he ...
... Tacitus has given to Chriftianity , " exitiabilis fu- perftitio " ( a pernicious fuperftition ) , and by which two words he difpofes of the whole queftion of the merits or demerits of the religion , afford a strong proof how little he ...
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... Tacitus we may build the following observations : First , That we are well warranted in call- ing the view under which the learned men of that age beheld Christianity , an obfcure and diftant view . Had Tacitus known more of ...
... Tacitus we may build the following observations : First , That we are well warranted in call- ing the view under which the learned men of that age beheld Christianity , an obfcure and diftant view . Had Tacitus known more of ...
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The morality of the Gospel P | 23 |
The candour of the Writers of the New Teftament p | 85 |
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