 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.  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 157publié par - 1814Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Robert Taylor - 1829 - 466 pages
...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...elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus."J That period embraces eighty-four years, from the JHith of the Christian era to the 180th,... | |
 | Philip Allwood - 1829 - 538 pages
...taking into his account the persecuted state of the Christians through the whole of this space,—" were called " to fix the period in the history of..." 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... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 770 pages
...they now became subjected. 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,... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 428 pages
...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, AD 395, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy, AD 571." Sec. 42. Although... | |
 | William Robertson - 1830 - 662 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 the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, lie would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 428 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... | |
 | 1831 - 858 pages
...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 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 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... | |
 | 1832 - 1042 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... | |
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