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... mentioned in respect of the object of your Lordship's choice , it is inferior to none in the purity and disinterestedness of the motives which suggested it . How the following work may be re- ceived , I pretend not to foretell . My ...
... mentioned in respect of the object of your Lordship's choice , it is inferior to none in the purity and disinterestedness of the motives which suggested it . How the following work may be re- ceived , I pretend not to foretell . My ...
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... hominum su- perstitionis novæ et maleficæ * . The Chris- tians , a set of men of a new and mis- chievous ( or magical ) superstition , were punished . " * Suet . Nero . cap . 16 . Since Since it is not mentioned here that the burning of.
... hominum su- perstitionis novæ et maleficæ * . The Chris- tians , a set of men of a new and mis- chievous ( or magical ) superstition , were punished . " * Suet . Nero . cap . 16 . Since Since it is not mentioned here that the burning of.
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William Paley. Since it is not mentioned here that the burning of the city was the pretence of the punishment of the Christians , or that they were the Christians of Rome who alone suffered , it is probable that Sueto- nius refers to ...
William Paley. Since it is not mentioned here that the burning of the city was the pretence of the punishment of the Christians , or that they were the Christians of Rome who alone suffered , it is probable that Sueto- nius refers to ...
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... mentioned , perhaps not known , but probably connected with the civil history of the Jews , or with some danger * which engrossed the public atten- tion , an intermission about this time took place in the sufferings of the Christians ...
... mentioned , perhaps not known , but probably connected with the civil history of the Jews , or with some danger * which engrossed the public atten- tion , an intermission about this time took place in the sufferings of the Christians ...
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... mentioned by St. Paul in his epistle to the Philip- pians , hath left us his attestation to this point , in the following words : " Let us take ( says he ) the examples of our own age . * 1 Cor . iv . 11 , 12 . + Philip iv . 3 . Through ...
... mentioned by St. Paul in his epistle to the Philip- pians , hath left us his attestation to this point , in the following words : " Let us take ( says he ) the examples of our own age . * 1 Cor . iv . 11 , 12 . + Philip iv . 3 . Through ...
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