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" ... end of the sixth century: they were fondly cherished by the warm imagination of the Greeks and Asiatics : the Pantheon and Vatican were adorned with the emblems of a new superstition; but this semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the... "
A Review of the Governments of Sparta and Athens
by Sir William Drummond - 1794 - 282 pages
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 pages
...Bi'jliot. Secies. Lom. vi. p. 154). CHAP, or marble, which peopled the temples of antiquity, were offenslve to the fancy or conscience of the Christian Greeks ; and a smooth surface of colours has ever been- esteemed a more decent and harmless mode 01 imitation.6 T.hS !nia;se The merit...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9

Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 pages
...semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the rude Barbarians and the Arian clergy of the West. The bolder forms of sculpture, in brass or marble,...of the Christian Greeks ; and a smooth surface of colours has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation *. The The merit an4 effect...
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A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece: During the ..., Volume 2

Edward Dodwell - 1819 - 620 pages
..." The bolder forms of sculpture in brass or in marble, which peopled the temples of antiquity, are offensive to the fancy or conscience of the Christian Greeks ; and a smooth surface of colour has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation. Your scandalous figures...
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A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece: During the ..., Volume 2

Edward Dodwell - 1819 - 630 pages
..." The bolder forms of sculpture in brass or in marble, which peopled the temples of antiquity, are offensive to the fancy or conscience of the Christian Greeks; and a smooth surface of colour has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation. Your scandalous figures...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
..." The bolder forms of sculpture in brass or in marble, which peopled the temples of antiquity, are offensive to the fancy or conscience of the Christian Greeks; and a smooth surface of colour has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation. Your scandalous figures...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with ..., Volume 6

Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 pages
...semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the rude barbarians and the Arian clergy of the West. The bolder forms of sculpture, in brass or marble,...of the Christian Greeks ; and a smooth surface of colours has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation.6 The merit and effect...
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History and revelation, the correspondence of the predictions of ..., Volume 1

James H. Braund - 1870 - 524 pages
...semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the rude barbarians and the Arian clergy of the West. The bolder forms of sculpture, in brass or marble,...of the Christian Greeks ; and a smooth surface of colours has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation. " The merit and effect...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 632 pages
...semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the rude Barbarians and the Arian clergy of the West. The bolder forms of sculpture, in brass or marble,...of the Christian Greeks : and a smooth surface of colors has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation.6 The merit and effect of...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 570 pages
...semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the rude barbarians and the Arian clergy of the West. The bolder forms of sculpture, in brass or marble,...conscience of the Christian Greeks; and a smooth surface of colours has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation. 6 5 Ov yap rb ©etor arrAoui'...
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History of Christianity: Comprising All that Relates to the Progress of the ...

Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 pages
...semblance of idolatry was more coldly entertained by the rude barbarians and the Arian clergy of the West. The bolder forms of sculpture, in brass or marble,...of the Christian Greeks ; and a smooth surface of colors has ever been esteemed a more decent and harmless mode of imitation.6 The merit and effect of...
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