 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pagina’s
...the manners of the people. They managed the arts of divination, as a convenient instrument of policy; and they respected, as the firmest bond of society,...perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods.1 But whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced, that the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pagina’s
...the manners of the people. They managed the arts of divination, as a convenient instrument of policy; and they respected, as the firmest bond of society,...life, the crime of perjury is most assuredly punished l»y the avenging gods.9 Hut whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 pagina’s
...hey managed the arts of divination, as a convenient instrument of policy ; and they respected аз the firmest bond of society, the useful persuasion,...perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods.(2) Eut whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced, that... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 pagina’s
...as a convenient instrument of policy ; and they respected as the firmest bond of society, the usefuj persuasion, that, either in this or in a future life,...perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods.(2) Eut whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced, that... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1854 - 76 pagina’s
...manners of the people. They managed the arts of divination, as a con venient instrument of policy, and they respected, as the firmest bond of society,...perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods. But whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced that the various... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 468 pagina’s
...polities, wards his country, his disposition cannot — S. be told. Laertius first relates several as the firmest bond of society, the useful persuasion...perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods.6 But, whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced that the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pagina’s
...politics, wards his country, his disposition cannot — S. be told. Laertius first relates several as the firmest bond of society, the useful persuasion...perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods.9 But, whilst they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced that the... | |
 | Robert Hare - 1855 - 484 pagina’s
...the manners of the people. They managed the arts of divination, as a convenient instrument of policy, and they respected as the firmest bond of society the useful persuasion that, either in this or a future life, the crime of perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods ? But while they... | |
 | Robert Hare - 1855 - 556 pagina’s
...policy, and they respected as the firmest bond of society the useful persuasion that, either in this or a future life, the crime of perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods ? But while they acknowledged the general advantages of religion, they were convinced that the various... | |
 | 1877 - 66 pagina’s
...the manners of the people. They managed the art of divination as a convenient instrument of policy, and they respected, as the firmest bond of society, the useful persuasion that either in this or in u future life, the crime of perjury is most assuredly punished by the avenging gods. This scarcity... | |
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They knew and valued the advantages of religion, as it is connected with civil government. they encouraged the public festivals which humanize the manners of the people. They managed the arts of divination as a convenient instrument of policy; and they... 
