 | William Robertson - 1804 - 378 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." The contemporary authors, who... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 494 páginas
...account for the superior applause bestowed upon personal qualifications, in preference to the social virtues. Even Marcus Antoninus. has been called a...insinuated that Caesar might possibly be a coward, or Tally a fool. Wit and valour are qualifications more easily ascertained, than humanity or the love... | |
 | 1807 - 574 páginas
...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 páginas
...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?... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 516 páginas
...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 - 1811 - 542 páginas
...account for the superior applause bestowed upon personal qualifications, in preference to the social virtues. Even Marcus Antoninus has been called a hypocrite,...that Caesar might possibly be a coward, or Tully a foo1. Wit and valour are qualifications more easily ascertained than humanity or the love of justice.... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 596 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 B. The contemporary authors, who... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 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, AD 39 S to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy, AD 571. The contemporary... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 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.1 The contemporary authors, who... | |
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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. 
