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" ... of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind and all the... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 460
by Edward Gibbon - 1846
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Prospect: Or, View of the Moral World, Volume 1

1803 - 430 pages
...the same time renouncing the commerce of mankind and all the offices-and amusements of society. Th« important transactions of peace and war were prepared...spectacles were an essential part of the cheerful devotions of the Pagans, and the Gods were supposed to accept, as the most grateful offering, the games...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1806 - 576 pages
...dealing in an adversary, it is our duty, for the sake qf the sanctity of the cause- Gibbon 'says, that ' the public spectacles were an essential part of the cheerful devotion of the Pagans, &c.' meaning by ' cheerful' perhaps f- voluntary,' in contradistipction to that devotion which is exacted...
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A Course of Lectures on Subjects Connected with the Corruption, Revival, and ...

William Johnson Fox - 1819 - 344 pages
...tantamount to the prohibition of a profession which appeals to very opposite principles. Besides, as " the important transactions of peace and war were prepared...soldier, were obliged to preside or to participate," as even the standards were objects of worship, the inconsistency of engaging in idolatrous rites with...
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A course of lectures on subjects connected with the corruption, revival, and ...

William Johnson Fox - 1822 - 344 pages
...tantamount to the prohibition of a profession which appeals to very opposite principles. Besides, as "the important transactions of peace and war were prepared...soldier, were obliged to preside or to participate," as even the standards were objects of worship, the inconsistency of engaging in idolatrous rites with...
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Divine Origin of Christianity Deduced from Some of Those Evidences ..., Volume 1

John Sheppard - 1829 - 416 pages
...the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind, and all the offices and amusements of society. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared...and people celebrated in honour of their peculiar festivals. — If we cast our eyes over the numerous remains of antiquity, we shall perceive, that...
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The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division ...

Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 pages
...to escape the observance of them, without at the same time renouncing the commerce of mankind. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared...magistrate, the senator, and the soldier were obliged to participate." The Roman senate was always held in a temple or consecrated place. Before commencing...
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The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division ...

Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 536 pages
...to escape the observance of them, without at the same time renouncing the commerce of mankind. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared...magistrate, the senator, and the soldier were obliged to participate." The Roman senate was always held in a temple or consecrated place. Before commencing...
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The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division ...

Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1832 - 534 pages
...to escape the observance of them, without at the same time renouncing the commerce of mankind. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared...magistrate, the senator, and the soldier were obliged to participate." The Roman senate was always held in a temple or consecrated place. Before commencing...
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Eburacum: Or York Under the Romans

Charles Wellbeloved - 1842 - 266 pages
...closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared...senator, and the soldier, were obliged to preside or participate.2 Every Roman Emperor was styled Pontifex Maximus, High Priest ; the most honourable men...
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Lectures on the evidences of Christianity

Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 412 pages
...renouncing the commerce of mankind. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared arid concluded by solemn sacrifices, in which the magistrate, the senator, and the soldier, were obliged to participate." Speaking of the priests, he says, " Their robes of purple, chariots of state, and sumptuous...
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