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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. "
The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 125
by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pages
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The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the ...

William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 378 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." The contemporary authors, who...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 52

1807 - 574 pages
...were calkd to fix the period in the history of the world 'during which the condition of the human r*ce WAS most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Demitian to the accessîbn of Commodus" ; during the greatest part of which, the woe Id was under the...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1807 - 572 pages
...which the condition of the human r*ce was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation* rame that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus" ; during th« greatest p^rt of which, the world was under the government of philosophic tmperors? Though...
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Illustrations of Prophecy ...

Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...observing. 15 P. 233. ' 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,' says Mr. Gibbon, • without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the...
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The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the ...

William Robertson - Europe - 1809 - 516 pages
...historyof 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*. The contemporary authors, who...
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The Flowers of Modern History: Comprehending on a New Plan, the Most ...

John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 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, AD 39 S to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy, AD 571. The contemporary...
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The historical works of William Robertson, with an account of his life and ...

William Robertson - 1813 - 602 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.1 The contemporary authors, who...
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The Historical Works of William Robertson: With an Account of His ..., Volume 5

William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 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 B. The contemporary authors, who...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 pages
...Decline and Fall, that " 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...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Conunodus." Rev. f Thus M. le Sage, being we suppose a zealous Catholic, designated the glorious iera...
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The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the ..., Volume 1

William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 492 pages
...Decline and Fall at' the Koman Empire, vol. i. ch. s> 140 History of the Christian Church. [cH. u. sion of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was...but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose character and authority commanded involuntary respect. The forms of the civil administration were carefully...
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