If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The Quarterly Review - Página 43editado por - 1828Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Robertson - 1825 - 476 páginas
...history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the great, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy d. The contemporary authors, who... | |
| 1826 - 688 páginas
...shrewd historian of the last century paid on this point. " If а тая were called," says Gibbon, " to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most prosperous and happy, he would without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian... | |
| 1826 - 684 páginas
...and shrewd historian of the last century said on this point. "If a man were called," says Gibbon, " to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most prosperous and happy, he would without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian... | |
| Robert Culbertson - 1826 - 584 páginas
...cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed ils sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, withbut hesitation, name that which elapsed between the death of... | |
| Patrick Fitzgerald - 1826 - 474 páginas
...marched in their train, and, to use the words of Dr. Robertson, " If a man were called to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicting, he would without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodo*... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 páginas
...many persons preserved the image of Marcus Antoninus, among those of their household gods.49 »w«!M If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the Humans, world, during which the conditioh of the human race Aras most happy and prosperous, he would,... | |
| Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 páginas
...with his death closed that period of more than fourscore years : speaking of which, Mr. Gibbon says, ' If a man were called to fix the period in the history...the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the... | |
| Robert Taylor - 1829 - 466 páginas
...than have put it into the power of their worst enemy to attaint the purity of their administration. " If a man were called to fix the period in the history...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus."J That period embraces eighty-four years, from the JHith of the Christian era to the 180th,... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 770 páginas
...they now became subjected. It is a remark of Dr. Robertson, " that if a man were called to fix upon a period, in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the great,... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 428 páginas
...period, in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the great, AD 395, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy, AD 571." Sec. 42. Although... | |
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