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Page 7
... Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt . It became a new paganism Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St Elmo ...
... Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , the principle which had assisted it began to corrupt . It became a new paganism Patron saints assumed the offices of household gods . St. George took the place of Mars . St Elmo ...
Page 13
... soon be able The retribution was just and natural . If they to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . suffered from popular ignorance , it was be- The extreme violence of opinion subsides . cause they had themselves taken away ...
... soon be able The retribution was just and natural . If they to bear it . In a few years men learn to reason . suffered from popular ignorance , it was be- The extreme violence of opinion subsides . cause they had themselves taken away ...
Page 45
... soon as we enter the regions of Tragedy , we find a great change . Then is no lack of the fine sentiment there . Metastasio is surpassed in his own department . Scuderi is out - scuderied . We are introduced to people whose proceedings ...
... soon as we enter the regions of Tragedy , we find a great change . Then is no lack of the fine sentiment there . Metastasio is surpassed in his own department . Scuderi is out - scuderied . We are introduced to people whose proceedings ...
Page 72
... soon to pro- duce insurrection on the part of the Protest- ants . It was plainly necessary therefore that the government should form an alliance with one or the other side . To recognise the Papal supremacy , would have been to abandon ...
... soon to pro- duce insurrection on the part of the Protest- ants . It was plainly necessary therefore that the government should form an alliance with one or the other side . To recognise the Papal supremacy , would have been to abandon ...
Page 73
... soon led her to attach herself completely to a church which was all her own . On the same principle on which she joined it , she attempted to drive all her people within its pale by persecution . She supported it by severe penal laws ...
... soon led her to attach herself completely to a church which was all her own . On the same principle on which she joined it , she attempted to drive all her people within its pale by persecution . She supported it by severe penal laws ...
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