 | Thomas Haweis - 1800 - 470 pages
...multitude of their accomplices, " and they -were all convicted, not fo much for the " crime of fetting.fire to the city, as for their hatred " of human kind. They died in torments; and thefe *f were embittered by infult and derifion. Some " were " were nailed on crofles, others fewn... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 pages
..." is atrocious. The confessions of those who " were seized, discovered a great multitude of " their accomplices, and they were all convicted, " not so...fire to " the city, as for their hatred of human kind -J-. " They * This testimony is alone sufficient to expose the anachronism of the Jews, who place the... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...deserved infamy. The confessions of those who were seized, discovered a great •multitude* of their accomplices, and they were all convicted, not so much...hatred of human kind. They died in torments ; and these were embittered by insult and derision. Some were nailed on crosses, others sewed up in the skins... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...those who were seized, discovered a great multitude* of their accomplices, and they were all conticted, not so much for the crime of setting fire to the city,...hatred of human kind. They died in torments ; and these were embittered by insult and derii •ion. Some were nailed on crosses, others sewed up in the... | |
 | George Wilkins - 1816 - 234 pages
...persuasion, and after" wards, by their information, a vast multitude were " apprehended and condemned ; not so much for the " crime of setting fire to the city, as for their hatred of y mankind. Their sufferings, at the place of execu" tion, were embittered by derision and insult ;... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 pages
...with deserved infamy. The confessions of those who were seized, discovered a great multitude* of their accomplices, and they were all convicted, not so much for the crime of setting fire to the eity, as for their hatred of human kind. They died in torments ; and these were c-mbittercd by insult... | |
 | 1817 - 368 pages
...great multitude afterwards, upon their evidence, shared the «¿une fate. These were all condemned, not so .much "for the crime of setting fire to the city, as for their -hatred of mankind. Their •tortures were embittered with insult *nd4erjsion. Some were enclosed in skins of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 510 pages
..." is atrocious. The confessions of those who " were seized discovered a great multitude of " their accomplices, and they were all convicted, " not so much for the crime of setting fire to .• We may observe, that the rumour is mentioned by Tacitus with a very becoming distrust and hesitation,... | |
 | William Jones - 1824 - 522 pages
...the meaning of which had furnished tbe result to be seven thousand. Dtdint and Fall, vol. 2. ch. 15. city, as for their hatred of human kind. They died in torments ; and these were embittered by insult and derision. Some were nailed on crosses, others sewed up in the skins... | |
 | George Croly - 1827 - 344 pages
...began. Tacitus, almosta contemporary, describestheir deaths as combining all the forms of horror. " They died in torments, and their torments were embittered by -insult and derision. Some were nailed to crosses; others were sewn up in the skins of wild beasts, and exposed to the fury of dogs; others,... | |
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Judea, the first seat of this mischievous sect, but was even introduced into Rome, the common asylum which receives and protects whatever is impure, whatever is atrocious. The confessions of those who were seized, discovered a great multitude of their... 
