... the laws of nature were frequently suspended for the benefit of the church. But the sages of Greece and Rome turned aside from the awful spectacle, and pursuing the ordinary occupations of life and study, appeared unconscious of any alterations in... The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 49edited by - 1777Full view - About this book
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1783 - 524 pages
...benefit of the church. But the f«*ges of Greece and Rome turned alide from the aw^u' fpe&acle> a°d purfuing the ordinary occupations of life and ftudy,...unconfcious of any alterations in the moral or phyfical govern*9! The Philofophers, who derided the more ancient predictions of the Sybils, would eafily have... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1787 - 502 pages
...from the cermng the 6 ,aarknefs awful fpectacle , and purfuing the ordinary occuof the pat pations of life and ftudy, appeared unconfcious of any alterations...world. Under the reign of Tiberius, the whole earth "4 , or at leaft a celebrated province of the Roman empire "!, was involved in a preternatural darkncfs... | |
| Joseph Priestley - God - 1787 - 602 pages
...from the " aweful fpectacle; and purfuing the ordi-. " nary occupations of life or ftudy, ap41 peared unconfcious of any alterations in " the moral or phyfical...** world. Under the reign of Tiberius, " the whole world, or at leaft a celebrated " province of the Roman empire, was in" volved in a preternatural darknefs... | |
| Richard Watson - Sermons, English - 1788 - 500 pages
...Rome turned afide from the awful fpectacle." — To their fhame be it fpoken, that they did fo — " and purfuing the ordinary occupations of life and...in the moral or phyfical government of the world." — To this obje6tion, I anfwer in the firft place, that we have no reaion to believe, that miracles... | |
| Richard Watson - Sermons, English - 1788 - 494 pages
...fhame be it fpoken, that they did fo — " and purfuing the ordinary occupations of life and ftudy, ftudy, Appeared unconfcious of any alterations in the moral or phyfical government of the world." — To this objection, I anfwer in the firft place, that we have no reafon to believe, that miracles... | |
| Richard Watson (bp. of Llandaff.) - 1791 - 266 pages
...Rome turned afide from the awful ful fpectacle." — To their fhame be it fpoken, that they did fo— "and purfuing the ordinary occupations of life and...appeared unconfcious of any alterations in the moral or pbyfical government of the world." — To this objection I anfwer, in the firft place, that we have... | |
| George Murray - Miracles - 1802 - 226 pages
...that the fages of Greece and Rome turned afide from the awful fpeftacle of the Chriflian miracles ; and, purfuing the ordinary occupations of life and...in the moral or phyfical government of the world. He particularizes the names of Seneca, of the elder and younger Pliny, of Tacitus, of Plutarch, of... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1820 - 510 pages
...aside. The christian Sybil had uuluckily fixed the ruin of Rome for the year 195, A. vc 948. CHAP, government of the world. Under the reign of .^.'.... Tiberius, the whole earth,* or at least a celebrated province of the Roman empire,1 was involved in a preternatural darkness of three... | |
| Jonathan Duncan - Dissenters, Religious - 1825 - 274 pages
...ordinary occupations of life and study, appeared unconscious of any alterations in the moral or physical government of the world. Under the reign of Tiberius, the whole earth, or at least a celebrated province of the Roman Empire, was involved in a preternatural darkness, for three... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - American essays - 1835 - 740 pages
...ordinary occupations of life and study, appeared unconscious of any alteration in the moral or physical government of the world. Under the reign of Tiberius, the whole earth, or at least a celebrated province of the Roman empire, was involved in a preternatural darkness of three... | |
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