History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - Ethics |
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... curious that those very noisy contemporary divines who profess to resuscitate the man- ners of the primitive Church , and who lay so much stress on the minutest ceremonial observances , have left unpractised what was un- doubtedly one ...
... curious that those very noisy contemporary divines who profess to resuscitate the man- ners of the primitive Church , and who lay so much stress on the minutest ceremonial observances , have left unpractised what was un- doubtedly one ...
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... curious legend of a man who , being desirous of ascertaining 1 Among the barbarian laws there is a very curious one about a daily compensation for children who had been killed in the womb on account of the daily suf- fering of those ...
... curious legend of a man who , being desirous of ascertaining 1 Among the barbarian laws there is a very curious one about a daily compensation for children who had been killed in the womb on account of the daily suf- fering of those ...
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... curious illustrations in Latin literature of the different feelings of fathers and mothers on this matter . Terence ( Heauton . Act . iii . Scene 5 ) represents Chremes as having , as a matter of course , charged his pregnant wife to ...
... curious illustrations in Latin literature of the different feelings of fathers and mothers on this matter . Terence ( Heauton . Act . iii . Scene 5 ) represents Chremes as having , as a matter of course , charged his pregnant wife to ...
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... curious when con- trasted with their later history ; it was also , by the association of ideas which it promoted , very favourable to humanity . 6 Ut quam clementissime et ultra sanguinis effusionem punire- tur . ' 2 Quæst . Romanæ ...
... curious when con- trasted with their later history ; it was also , by the association of ideas which it promoted , very favourable to humanity . 6 Ut quam clementissime et ultra sanguinis effusionem punire- tur . ' 2 Quæst . Romanæ ...
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... curious illustration of the feeling with which these slow suicides were regarded by the outer world , in his account of the life and death of a young nun named Blesilla . This lady had been guilty of what , according to the religious ...
... curious illustration of the feeling with which these slow suicides were regarded by the outer world , in his account of the life and death of a young nun named Blesilla . This lady had been guilty of what , according to the religious ...
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