 | 1831 - 858 pages
...as comprehended under the first seal, he expresses himself thus: " 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... | |
 | William Jones - 1831 - 570 pages
...celebrated historian, has remarked, concerning this period, that " were a man called to fix upon an epoch in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was the most happy and prosperous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Religions - 1834 - 562 pages
...far surpassed the nations to which they now became subjjcted. It is a remark of Dr. Robertson, " that if a man were called to fix upon a period, in the...the condition of the human race was most calamitous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the Great, AD 395,... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Coins - 1834 - 392 pages
...advantage, no further remark upon it is necessary. " If a man," says Gibbon, " were called on 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... | |
 | Robert Taylor - Rationalism - 1834 - 460 pages
...their worst enemy to attaint the purity of their administration. " 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 thatwhich elapsed from the death of... | |
 | William Robertson - 1838 - 658 pages
...cruelty, raged in very 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 th« пшиац race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which... | |
 | Matthew Habershon - Bible - 1841 - 376 pages
...ravages with sucli inconsiderate cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon a period in the history...world, during which the condition of the human race were most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the... | |
 | Matthew Habershon - Bible - 1841 - 368 pages
...ravages with such inconsiderate cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon a period in the history...world, during which the condition of the human race were most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Rome - 1841 - 470 pages
...affairs of life, and to direct the destinies of an empire. "If a 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 would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1843 - 848 pages
...distinction between what was sacred and v. IM! was profane. If a person should be ill1'. nn! to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was the most calamitous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed between the death of Theodoiiui... | |
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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. 
