 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 428 sider
...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 - 1830 - 662 sider
...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 the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, lie would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of... | |
 | 1831 - 858 sider
...the whole period, which I consider as comprehended under the first seal, he expresses himself thus: " If a man were called to fix the period in the history...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 Cornmodus."... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1831 - 470 sider
...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 Jones - 1831 - 570 sider
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 1042 sider
...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... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1834 - 460 sider
...than have put it into the power of their worst enemy to attaint the purity of their administration. " If a man were called to fix the period in the history...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... | |
 | Matthew Habershon - 1834 - 498 sider
...which they brought upon the world, Dr. Robertson says, that " if a man were 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 the death of Theodosius... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1834 - 562 sider
...they now became subjjcted. It is a remark of Dr. Robertson, " that if a man were called to fix upon a 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 Great,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 sider
...bonls iK-que mall, ailnuineraut. Tacit. 111,1. it. i. was most happy and prosperous, he would, with out hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Cornmodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of... | |
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Gibbon declares, in a memorable passage, 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 prosperous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the... 
