 | Samuel Whelpley - 1808 - 390 pages
...our eyes upon a map, we shall directly see that it comprehended, as an elegant historian remarks, " the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind."* During this period, however, very considerable additions were made to the empire, and I believe, more... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1823 - 518 pages
...our eyes upon a map, we shall directly see, that it comprehended, as an elegant historian remarks, " the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind."* t Gibbon.* * Though Gibbon has some excellences besides his " elegance," tht jioung rsader must be... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1830 - 696 pages
...pre-eminence which civilization gives in war and in policy, to a still higher pitch. " Their empire comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind," and king! and tetrarchs were glad to become their clients and ictaineie That these jui/ vilcgod and... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1828 - 526 pages
...oar eyes upon a map, we shall directly see, that it compW bended, ea en elegant historian remarks, "the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind."* During this period, however, very considerable additions were made to the empire, and I believe, more... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...which compose the proper ornament of her sex. GIBBON. In the second century of the Christian aera th« empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the...mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy «•ere- guarded by ancient renown und disciplined valour. Тле gentle but powerful influence of... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1836 - 588 pages
...Euphrates, and from the deserts of Africa to the Rhine and the Danube, comprehending, as Gibbon says, the fairest part of the earth and the most civilized portion of mankind. As the sea receives the rivers, says Niebuhr, so the history of Rome receives into itself that of all... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1840 - 384 pages
...graces which compose the proper ornament of her sex. GIBBON. In the second century of the Cbristian era the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part...ancient renown and disciplined valour. The gentle out powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1840 - 384 pages
...the proper ornament of her sex. GIBBON. In the second century of the Christian era the empire of Home comprehende-d the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion "/ mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined... | |
 | Hugh Swinton Legaré - 1845 - 606 pages
...the preeminence which civilization gives in war and in policy, to a still higher pitch. "Their empire comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind," and kings and tetrachs were glad to become their clients and retainers. That these privileged and illustrious... | |
 | Louis F. Klipstein - 1848 - 258 pages
...estimable without relinquishing those soft graces which compose tke proper ornament of her sex. GIBBON. In the second century of the Christian era the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the eatlh, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded... | |
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IN the second century of the Christian ^Era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. 
