 | Charles Merivale - Rome - 1850 - 632 pages
...which urges those who enjoy a portion of the goods of life to improve and fortify their possession. And so again at Rome we have no reason to suppose...afflicted and miserable ; rather, if we may lay any stress upon the monuments above referred to, it was first embraced by persons in a certain grade of comfort... | |
 | 1858 - 516 pages
...enjoy a portion of the goods of life to improve and fortify their possession. And so, again, at Eome, we have no reason to suppose that Christianity was...their condition, their education, and their moral views. Of this class Seneca himself was the idol, the oracle ; he was, so to say, the favourite preacher... | |
 | Charles Merivale - Rome - 1868 - 504 pages
...who reflect how fearfully they have been belied by the result. their possession. And so again at Home we have no reason to suppose that Christianity was...afflicted and miserable ; rather, if we may lay any stress upon the monuments above referred to, it was first embraced by persons in a certain grade of comfort... | |
 | Charles Merivale - Rome - 1868 - 510 pages
...reflect how fearfully they have been belied by the result. their possession. And so again at Home we Lave no reason to suppose that Christianity was only the...afflicted and miserable ; rather, if we may lay any stress upon the monuments above referred to, it was first embraced by persons in a certain grade of comfort... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1887 - 268 pages
...the Empire " will show the estimate of him which has been formed by that accomplished writer : — " At Rome, we have no reason to suppose that Christianity...miserable ; rather, if we may lay any stress on the documents above referred to, it was first embraced by persons in a certain grade of comfort and respectability;... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 2006 - 586 pages
...under the Empire" will show the estimate of him which has been formed by that accomplished writer:"At Rome, we, have no reason, to suppose that Christianity...miserable; rather, if we may lay any stress on the documents above referred to, it was first embraced by persons in a certain grade of comfort and respectability;... | |
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Christianity was only the refuge of the afflicted and miserable ; rather, if we may lay any stress upon the monuments above referred to, it was first embraced by persons in a certain grade of comfort and respectability ; by persons approaching to what... 