 | George Finlay - 1844 - 592 páginas
...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,...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus,"* It may be doubted whether the Roman government ever relaxed the systematic oppression under... | |
 | Henry Davis - 1844 - 224 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. — ROBERTSON'S Charles V, DESCRIPTION... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1845 - 110 páginas
...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...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus." Gib. i. 126. the white prosperity and happiness, the crown an Emperor, the bow a Cretan,—or... | |
 | 1846 - 742 páginas
...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,...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus." But against this representation of Gibbon's, Mr. Arnold first repeats the brief allegation... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 678 páginas
...period in the history of minf. ° the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation,...that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the acAD cession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman 8"—I8°. empire was governed by absolute power,... | |
 | 1846 - 492 páginas
...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 Uomitian to the accession of Commodus.'* 5. The correspondence of some of the predictions of this book... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 606 páginas
...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,...elapsed from 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.... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1850 - 470 páginas
...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 would without hesitation...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... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1850 - 842 páginas
...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,...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Conunodus. Bishop Newton, certainly a pleasing commentator, concludes, that John was banished under... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 664 páginas
...account for the superior applause bestowed upon personal qualifications, in preference to the social virtues. Even Marcus Antoninus has been called a hypocrite...wildest scepticism never insinuated that Caesar might probably be a coward, or Tully a fool. Wit and valor are qualifications more easily ascertained than... | |
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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. 
