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Page 85
... Rome ; had it not overwhelmed Paganism in its progress , it would not have received the homage of the notice from the historian of The Decline and Fall . It is a curious circum- stance that Gibbon is the best historian of that epoch our ...
... Rome ; had it not overwhelmed Paganism in its progress , it would not have received the homage of the notice from the historian of The Decline and Fall . It is a curious circum- stance that Gibbon is the best historian of that epoch our ...
Page 87
... Rome very much like ours ; there was a scepticism in Rome very much answering to ours , and the popular belief in Rome alternated between a gross superstition and a strong unbelief . Mr. Merivale has brought out these phases , and the ...
... Rome very much like ours ; there was a scepticism in Rome very much answering to ours , and the popular belief in Rome alternated between a gross superstition and a strong unbelief . Mr. Merivale has brought out these phases , and the ...
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... Rome is embedded in such notions as these - its claims to miraculous efficacy . These relics are the centres of lying wonders , and this precious instance , which Dr. Wiseman proves to be authentic , is one of his illustrative grains of ...
... Rome is embedded in such notions as these - its claims to miraculous efficacy . These relics are the centres of lying wonders , and this precious instance , which Dr. Wiseman proves to be authentic , is one of his illustrative grains of ...
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ECLECTIC | 1 |
THE FUTURE OF MEXICO | 17 |
THE NEWSPAPER ON BOARD AN OCEAN STEAMER | 39 |
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