...exhibited to the life the faithful description given both by Demosthenes and the apostle Paul, of their spending their time in "nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing," Acts xvii. 21. Again, the spirit of the heathen religion not only withheld . truth from...

...say, no wonder that they should have treated the words they heard with utter contempt ; and though " spending their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing/' yet, upon hearing such things, so irreconcileable with all preconceived notions of their...

...state, in listening to orators, in witnessing trials of skill, and as St. Luke in the Acts observes, " spending their time in nothing else but either to tell, or to hear, some new thing." The Barathrum was a public pit in the city, into which condemned criminals were thrown...

...others ; for then there would be nothing more than a ceaseless jangle and bandying of words — " men spending their time in nothing else but either to tell or to listen to some new thing." But although we neither expect nor wish for the above results, yet we believe...

...and the * Late President of a Convention of Spiritualists in Philadelphia. old Athenian passion for spending "their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing," are the natural fruits of a system which recognises no higher revelation of the Divine...

...vagueness of religious opinions, so deeply deplored by thoughtful men, and the old Athenian passion for spending " their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hoar some new thing," are the natural fruits of a system which recognizes no higher revelation of the...

...and around me were the Athenians, buying and selling, chatting in busy knots at the corners, and " spending their time in nothing else but either to tell, or to hear some new thing." In observing these groups, whose profiles and figures recall those who once exercised in...

...or greatly given to the worship of the gods, but were also notorious gossips, lounging newsmongers, spending their time in nothing else " but either to tell or to hear some new thing." It is said that Athens contained 300 places of gossip. The shops of surgeons and barbers...

...unmeaning compliment; random strewing of mischievous rumours, hurtful insinuations; like the Athenians, "spending their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing."* See this cruel frittering and paltering away of noblest faculties and energies; faculties...

...or greatly given to the worship of the gods, but were also notorious gossips, lounging newsmongers, spending their time in nothing else " but either to tell or to hear some new thing." It is said that Athens contained 300 places of gossip. The shops of surgeons and barbers...