...nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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...

...nations was not merely a spe-. culatjve doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples — the innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without at the same time renouncing...

...nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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...

...Gibbon, " was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without at the same time...

...nations was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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...

...Gibbon, "was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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...

...Gibbon, "was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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...

...Gibbon, "was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...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...

...merely a speculative doctrine discussed or professed in the schools of philosophers : the numberless deities and rites of Polytheism were closely interwoven...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared or concluded by solemn sacrifices,...

...could not assist at festivals and banquets, which always terminated with libations, &c. ; finally, as " the innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of public and private life," the Christians could not participate in them without incurring. according...