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And Other Papers Thomas De Quincey. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. EXPLANATORY NOTICES , 1 THE ORPHAN HEIRESS . 19 VISIT TO LAXTON , THE PRIORI , 82 . OXFORD , . 135 THE PAGAN ORACLES , 233 THE REVOLUTION OF GREECE , 287 1 EXPLANATORY NOTICES .
And Other Papers Thomas De Quincey. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. EXPLANATORY NOTICES , 1 THE ORPHAN HEIRESS . 19 VISIT TO LAXTON , THE PRIORI , 82 . OXFORD , . 135 THE PAGAN ORACLES , 233 THE REVOLUTION OF GREECE , 287 1 EXPLANATORY NOTICES .
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... although , with the sole exception of the two first , forbidding idolatry and Polytheism , there is no word in these which could have displeased or surprised a Pagan , and therefore nothing characteristic of Christianity .
... although , with the sole exception of the two first , forbidding idolatry and Polytheism , there is no word in these which could have displeased or surprised a Pagan , and therefore nothing characteristic of Christianity .
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The Pagan priest or flamen never dreamed of any function like that of teaching as in any way connected with his office . He no more undertook to teach morals than to teach geography or cookery . He taught nothing .
The Pagan priest or flamen never dreamed of any function like that of teaching as in any way connected with his office . He no more undertook to teach morals than to teach geography or cookery . He taught nothing .
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... of Christianity this involution of a doctrinal part , we elevate Paganism to a dignity which it never dreamed of . ... namely , that there could be no doctrinal truth delivered in a Pagan religion , -have always maintained that the ...
... of Christianity this involution of a doctrinal part , we elevate Paganism to a dignity which it never dreamed of . ... namely , that there could be no doctrinal truth delivered in a Pagan religion , -have always maintained that the ...
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Substantially I had , because this great distinction between the modern ( or Christian ) idea of “ a religion ” and the ancient ( or Pagan ) idea of " a religion , " I had nowhere openly seen expressed in words .
Substantially I had , because this great distinction between the modern ( or Christian ) idea of “ a religion ” and the ancient ( or Pagan ) idea of " a religion , " I had nowhere openly seen expressed in words .
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