The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Band 3D. A. Talboys, 1830 |
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... Romans , how few of their writings are come down to our times ? In the space of two hundred years from our Saviour's ... Roman empire , as it is to this day in all the governments of the world , for the prefects and viceroys of distant ...
... Romans , how few of their writings are come down to our times ? In the space of two hundred years from our Saviour's ... Roman empire , as it is to this day in all the governments of the world , for the prefects and viceroys of distant ...
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... Roman senate , had he forged such an evidence ? or would Crescens have refused the challenge , could he have triumphed over him in the detection of such a forgery ? To which we must add , that the Apology , which appeals to this record ...
... Roman senate , had he forged such an evidence ? or would Crescens have refused the challenge , could he have triumphed over him in the detection of such a forgery ? To which we must add , that the Apology , which appeals to this record ...
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... Roman historian , I shall use the same argument in a parallel case , and see whether it will carry any force with it . Ulpian , the great Roman lawyer , gathered together all the imperial edicts that had been made against the Christians ...
... Roman historian , I shall use the same argument in a parallel case , and see whether it will carry any force with it . Ulpian , the great Roman lawyer , gathered together all the imperial edicts that had been made against the Christians ...
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... Roman historians , as Tacitus , Suetonius , and Dion . " That a great light , or a new star , ap- peared in the east , which directed the wise men to our Saviour : " this is recorded by Chalcidius . " That Herod the king of Palæstine ...
... Roman historians , as Tacitus , Suetonius , and Dion . " That a great light , or a new star , ap- peared in the east , which directed the wise men to our Saviour : " this is recorded by Chalcidius . " That Herod the king of Palæstine ...
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... Roman senate ; nay , at the time of his death , consul of Rome . These three were so thoroughly satisfied of the truth of the Christian religion , that the first of them , according to all the reports of antiquity , died a martyr for it ...
... Roman senate ; nay , at the time of his death , consul of Rome . These three were so thoroughly satisfied of the truth of the Christian religion , that the first of them , according to all the reports of antiquity , died a martyr for it ...
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ancient antique Antoninus Pius apostles appear arms army beautiful Cæsar Christianity church CLAUD Claudian Commodus confess conversation cornu CREECH disciples dress DRYDEN emblem emperor empire enemy Evangelists fancy farther figure France French give gods hæc hand hath head heathen honour Horace Ibid inscription Irenæus Jews Judæa Julian the apostate Julius Cæsar kind king labarum Latin poets learned pagans lived martyrs medallists mentioned miracles modern medals monarchy multitude nation nature occasion old coins old Roman Origen OVID pagan Parthia particular passage peace persons posture present prince quæ reason religion Reverse of Adrian Rome S. C. Reverse Saviour Saviour's history says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander second series Silius Italicus Spain Spanish Spanish monarchy STATIUS suppose tell Tertullian thee third series thou thought tibi tion Trajan truth verse Victory VIRG Virgil virtues whole
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Seite 43 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Seite 57 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Seite 93 - The man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries , The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Seite 56 - Th' inscription value, but the rust adore. This the blue varnish, that the green endears, The sacred rust of twice ten hundred years ! To gain Pescennius one employs his schemes, One grasps a Cecrops in ecstatic dreams.
Seite 207 - You have yet an opportunity, by God's blessing, to secure to you and your posterity the quiet enjoyment of your religion and liberties, if you are not wanting to yourselves, but will exert the ancient vigour of the English nation : but I tell you plainly, my opinion is, if you do not lay hold on this occasion, you have no reason to hope for another.
Seite 170 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Seite 53 - ... valescat, sic ego nunc, quoniam haec ratio plerumque videtur tristior esse quibus non est tractata, retroque volgus abhorret ab hac, volui tibi suaviloquenti carminé Pierio rationem exponere nostram et quasi musaeo dulci contingere melle...
Seite 170 - ... those of their country, in the several marks of sorrow they have set on this figure. The Psalmist describes the Jews lamenting their captivity in the same pensive posture. ' By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion...
Seite 55 - Some felt the silent stroke of mould'ring age, Some hostile fury, some religious rage. Barbarian blindness, Christian zeal conspire, And Papal piety, and Gothic fire.
Seite 70 - ... particulars of an emperor's story into the several years of his reign : or, where they do it, they often differ in their several periods. Here, therefore, it is much safer to quote a medal than an author, for in this case you do not appeal to a Suetonius or a Lainpridius, but to the emperor himself, or to the whole body of a Roman senate. Besides that, a coin is in no danger of having its characters altered by copiers and transcribers.