 Nero proceeded with his usual artifice. He found a set of profligate and abandoned wretches, who were induced to confess themselves guilty, and, on the evidence of such men, a number of Christians were convicted, not indeed, upon clear evidence of their...  Adonijah - Seite 276von Jane Margaret Strickland - 1856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 Seiten
...world. Nero proceeded with the usual artifice. He found a set of profligate and abandoned wretehes, who were induced to confess themselves guilty, and,...were convicted; not, indeed, upon clear evidence of having «et the city on fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred of the whole human race.... | |
 | Maria Hack - 1824 - 344 Seiten
...quarters of ' the world. Nero proceeded with his ' usual artifice. He found a set of profli' gate and abandoned wretches, who were ' induced to confess...men, a number ' of Christians were convicted ; not, in' deed, upon clear evidence of having set ' the city on fire, but rather on account of ' their sullen... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 410 Seiten
...all quarters of the world. Nero proceeded with his usual artifice. He found a set of profligate and abandoned wretches, who were induced to confess themselves...a number of Christians were convicted, not indeed on clear evidence of their having set the city on fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 Seiten
...all quarters of the world. Nero proceeded with his usual artifice. He found a set of profl igate and abandoned wretches, who were induced to confess themselves...fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred of the whole human race. ' They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1840 - 680 Seiten
...all quarters of Ihe world. Nero proceeded with his usual aitifice. He found a sel of profligate and abandoned wretches, who were induced to confess themselves guilty, and, on the evidence of ?uch men, a number of Christians were convicted, not indeed, upon clear evidence of these having set... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1842 - 758 Seiten
...all quarters of the world. Nero proceeded with his usual artifice. He found a set of profligate and abandoned wretches, who were induced to confess themselves...fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred of the whole human race-1 They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero... | |
 | 1850 - 790 Seiten
...ihemselves guilty, and on the testimony of such men a number of Christians were convicted, not indeed on clear evidence of their having set the city on fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred of the whole human race." The imputation here cast by the accomplished historian upon the early Christians,... | |
 | 1854 - 296 Seiten
...artifice. He found a set of profligate and abandoned wretches, who were induced to call themselves guiltv ; and, on the evidence of such men, a number of Christians...fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred of the human race. They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added... | |
 | William Dool Killen - 1859 - 700 Seiten
...; and, on their evidence, a great multitude of Christians were convicted, not indeed on clear proof of their having set the city on fire, but rather on account of their hatred of the human race.* They were put to death amidst insults and derision. Some were covered with... | |
 | Clement Moore Butler - 1865 - 308 Seiten
...quarters of the world. Nero proceeded with his usual artifice. He found a set of abandoned and profligate wretches who were induced to confess themselves guilty,...such men a number of Christians were convicted, not on the clear evidence of their having set the city on fire, but rather on account of their sullen hatred... | |
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