 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.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 4931865Full view - About this book
 | England - 1832 - 1102 pages
...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 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... | |
 | William Robertson - Germany - 1817 - 366 pages
...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 race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1819 - 626 pages
...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...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 *... | |
 | William Robertson - 1819 - 522 pages
...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 during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would without hesitation name ttiat which elapsed from the death of Theodosius'... | |
 | David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 356 pages
...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, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...period in the history of H«PPiness the world during which the condition of the human race «««. R°" 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... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - History - 1821 - 474 pages
...the world, ^"v— *^ 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 a. The contemporary authors, who... | |
 | Nikolaj Michajlovič Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Karamzin - Russia - 1823 - 346 pages
...history of the worl, 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 Theodosins the Great to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy. 8) 37аф bem $>епф1 ber ипдг^феи... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1825 - 472 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 the death of Theodosius... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1825 - 476 pages
...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 d. The contemporary authors, who... | |
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