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... and sometimes not the fewer because its origin is hidden in remoteness and obscurity . Men have a natural vene- ration for antiquity , especially in matters of religion . religion . What Tacitus says of the Jew ish , [ 34 ]
... and sometimes not the fewer because its origin is hidden in remoteness and obscurity . Men have a natural vene- ration for antiquity , especially in matters of religion . religion . What Tacitus says of the Jew ish , [ 34 ]
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In Three Parts ... William Paley. religion . What Tacitus says of the Jew ish , was more applicable to the heathen establishment , " Hi ritus , quoquo modo in- ducti , antiquitate defenduntur . " It was also a fplendid and fsumptuous ...
In Three Parts ... William Paley. religion . What Tacitus says of the Jew ish , was more applicable to the heathen establishment , " Hi ritus , quoquo modo in- ducti , antiquitate defenduntur . " It was also a fplendid and fsumptuous ...
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... Tacitus , well known to every scholar , must be insert- ed as deferving of particular attention . The reader will bear in mind that this passage was written about seventy years after Chrift's death , and that it relates to transactions ...
... Tacitus , well known to every scholar , must be insert- ed as deferving of particular attention . The reader will bear in mind that this passage was written about seventy years after Chrift's death , and that it relates to transactions ...
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... his followers to establish his religion , in the fame country , amongst the same people , and in the same age , could not but be attended with danger . Suetonius , Suetonius , a writer contemporary with Tacitus , describing the [ 46 ]
... his followers to establish his religion , in the fame country , amongst the same people , and in the same age , could not but be attended with danger . Suetonius , Suetonius , a writer contemporary with Tacitus , describing the [ 46 ]
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... Tacitus de- scribes . Juvenal , a writer of the same age with the two former , and intending , as it should feem , to commemorate the cruelties exercised un- der Nero's government , has the following lines † : * Suet . Nero . cар . 16 ...
... Tacitus de- scribes . Juvenal , a writer of the same age with the two former , and intending , as it should feem , to commemorate the cruelties exercised un- der Nero's government , has the following lines † : * Suet . Nero . cар . 16 ...
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