 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.  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 368edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 540 pages
...men met with men as firm and as determined as themselves. If an unbiassed inquirer were called upon to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race in Europe was the most calamitous and afflicted, he would probably, without much hesitation, name... | |
 | History - 1800 - 580 pages
...cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and. completed its fufiirrings. 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 wouM, without hefitation, name that which e'apfed from... | |
 | History - 1800 - 586 pages
...cruelty, faged in çvery part of Europe, and completed its fefFerings. If a man were called to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human tace w-as most calamitous ahd afflicted; he Would, without hefitaMuame that which elapfed from •ь... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 378 pages
...cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its 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, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from... | |
 | 1807 - 574 pages
...pestiferous and sanguinary, when, ля the above-mention*-..; historian remarks, " if a man were calkd to fix the period in the history of the world 'during...happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Demitian to the accessîbn of Commodus" ; during the greatest... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...red horse and a sword are the symbols of slaughter, the commentators unite in observing. 15 P. 233. ' If a man were called to fix the period in the history...the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would,' says Mr. Gibbon, • without hesitation, name that which... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...was sacred and what was profane : They respected no age, nor sect, nor rank. If a man was called upon to fix the period, in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation name this crisis. Their conquerors... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...cruelly, raged in every part of Europe, and completed ils sufferings. If a man were called to iix upon the period in the 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... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 598 pages
...cruelty, raged in even- part of Europe, and completed its 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 without hesitation name that which elapsed from the... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...and what was profane: they respected no age, nor sex, nor rank. If a man was called upon 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, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from... | |
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