 The fear of the divine power, says Thucydides, ceased ; for it was observed that to worship or not to worship the gods, to obey or not to obey those laws of morality which have always been held most sacred among men, availed nothing. All died alike ;...  The History of Greece - Page 96by William Mitford - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 444 pages
...or not to worship the gods ; to obey or not to obey those laws of morality, which have been always held most sacred among men, availed nothing. All died...prevailing maxim. No crime therefore that could give the means of any enjoyment, was scrupled ; for such were the ravages of the disease, that for perpetrator,... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 pages
...or not to worship the gods ; to obey or not to obey those laws of morality, which have been always held most sacred among men, availed nothing. All died...possible, drown thought in pleasure today, for to-morrow wc die, was the prevailing maxim. No crime therefore that could give the means of any enjoyment, was... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 pages
...or not to worship the gods ; to obey or not to obey those laws of morality, which have been always held most sacred among men, availed nothing. All died...; or if there was a difference, the virtuous, the charita* ble, the generous, exposing themselves beyond others, were the first and the surest to suffer.... | |
 | William Mitford - 1814 - 444 pages
...generally and very anxiously for the dispensation of temporal good and evil only, it was otherwise s. The fear of the divine power, says. Thucydides, ceased...unknown, licentiousness of manners followed. Let us injoy ourselves, let us, if possible, drown thought in pleasure today, for tomorrow we die, was the... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 356 pages
...bore, and go away. The moral effects of this exiraordinary visitation are well deserving of notice. " The fear of the divine power," says Thucydides, "ceased;...prevailing maxim. No crime, therefore, that could give the means of any enjoyment was scrupled; for such were the ravages of the disease, that for perpetrator,... | |
 | 1821 - 490 pages
...was looked to very generally and very anxiously for the dispensation of temporal good and evil only, it was otherwise. The fear of the divine power, says...prevailing maxim. No crime, therefore, that could give the means of any enjoyment, was scrupled; for such were the ravages of the disease, that for perpetrator,... | |
 | William Mitford - 1822 - 436 pages
...was looked to very generally and very anxiously for the dispensation of temporal good and evil only, it was otherwise *. The fear of the divine power,...unknown, licentiousness of manners followed. Let us injoy ourselves, let us, if possible, drown thought in pleasure today, for tomorrow we die, was the... | |
 | Maria Hack - 1824 - 412 pages
...worship, or not to worship the gods ; to obey or not to obey the laws of morality, which have been always held most sacred among men, availed nothing. All died...the charitable, the generous, exposing themselves to danger in order to assist others, were the first and surest to suffer." When the restraints, even... | |
 | William Mitford - 1835 - 422 pages
...generally and very anxiously for the dispensation of temporal good and evil only, it was otherwisei. The fear of the divine power, says Thucydides, ceased...prevailing maxim. No crime, therefore, that could give the means of any enjoyment was scrupled ; for such were the ravages of the disease, that for perpetrator,... | |
 | William Mitford - 1835 - 424 pages
...generally and very anxiously for the dispensation of temporal good and evil only, it was otherwise1. The fear of the divine power, says Thucydides, ceased...prevailing maxim. No crime, therefore, that could give the means of any enjoyment was scrupled ; for such were the ravages of the disease, that for perpetrator,... | |
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