...prosperous. ' 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...hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Uomitian to the accession of Commodus.'* 5. The correspondence of some of the predictions of this book...

...adds, " 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...the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus." 2 I said that the wars of the Romans during this period, were all but uniformly triumphant. And who...

...an oftenquoted passage, ' Го fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Cominodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the direction...

...man," says Gibbon, " were called to fix a period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he...power under the guidance of virtue and wisdom. The armies were restrained by the firm but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose characters and...

...says, 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...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Conunodus. Bishop Newton, certainly a pleasing commentator, concludes, that John was banished under...

...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 AD Theodosius the Great (AD 395) and the establish57 5 j~ ment of the Lombards in Italy (571)." And...

...man," says he, " 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...absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom In the conduct of those (the Roman) monarchs we may trace the utmost lines of vice and virtue; the...

...prosperous, he * See Shelley's Works, edited by Mrs. Shelley, vol. iv. p. 166. It deceived even his wife. would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed...absolute power under the guidance of virtue and wisdom.' Out of every thousand readers of Gibbon, how many have paused over this passage, to consider what,...

...prosperous, he • See Shelley's Works, edited by Mrs. Shelley, vol. iv. p. 166. It deceived even his wife. would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed...absolute power under the guidance of virtue and wisdom.' Out of every thousand readers of Gibbon, how many have paused over this passage, to consider what,...

...language of Gibbon, " 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...the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Eoman empire was governed by absolute power under the guidance of virtue and wisdom." Perhaps so far...