 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816
...people, and the sword of slaughter weary of destroying. " If a man were called," says Dr. Robertson, " to fix upon the period in the history of the world,...which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the great (AD 395) to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy (AD 571). The contemporary authors, who beheld... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816
...age of Trajan and the Antonines. " If a man were called to fix," says the same elegant historian, " 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 - Albigenses - 1816
...age of Trajan and the Antonines. " If a man were called to fix," says the same elegant historian, " 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 Robertson - America - 1817
...inconsiderate 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,...and are at a loss for expressions to describe the hor• Theodosius died AD 395 ; the reign of Alboinus in Lorabardy began AD 571 ; so that this period... | |
 | England - 1832
...very lowest point of depression. " If," says a celebrated reviewer of history, " a man were called to fix upon the period in the history of the world...Great, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy," that is, from the year of our Lord 395 to 571. " The contemporary authors," he goes on, " who beheld... | |
 | William Robertson - Germany - 1817
...Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon the period in the histo* ry of the world, during which the condition of the human...the Lombards in Italy *. ' The contemporary authors, • Theodosius died AD 395, the reign of Alboinus in Lombardy began AD 571; so that this period was... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1819
...inconsiderate cruelty, raged in every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a mail were called to fix upon the period in the history of the world...calamitous and afflicted, he would without hesitation name ttiat which elapsed from the death of Theodosius' the Great to the establishment of the Lombards in... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819
...Famine and pestilence 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,...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 Robertson, Dugald Stewart - History - 1821
...its sufferings. If a man were called Ito fix upon the period in the history of the world, ^"v— *^ during which the condition of the human race was most...Great, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy a. The contemporary authors, who beheld that scene of desolation, labour and are at a loss for expressions... | |
 | Louis Simond - Switzerland - 1822
...thinks the period during which the condition of the human nice was most calamitous, was undoubtedly that from the death of Theodosius the Great to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy, AD 395 to />71, a period of 1?G years. Contemporary authors are at a loss to describe the scene of... | |
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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. 
