 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 National Quarterly Review - Page 2711862Full view - About this book
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 378 pages
...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." The contemporary authors, who... | |
 | 1807 - 574 pages
...calkd to fix the period in the history of the world 'during which the condition of the human r*ce WAS most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Demitian to the accessîbn of Commodus" ; during the greatest part of which, the woe Id was under the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pages
...which the condition of the human r*ce was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation* rame that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus" ; during th« greatest p^rt of which, the world was under the government of philosophic tmperors? Though... | |
 | Donald Fraser - World history - 1808 - 442 pages
...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,...death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus,"* the son of the late emperor Marcus, a wretch, in whose mind every sentiment of virtue and humanity was... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would,' says Mr. Gibbon, • without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the...death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, VOL. II. ° very face of it, it may... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1809 - 516 pages
...historyof 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*. The contemporary authors, who... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...Cas«9. • Hist. August. in Marc. Antonin. c. 18. ous, he would without hesitation, name that CHAP. which elapsed from the death of Domitian to "^ the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom,... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...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, AD 39 S to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy, AD 571. The contemporary... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 pages
...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 B. The contemporary authors, who... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...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.1 The contemporary authors, who... | |
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