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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 124
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 - 1809 - 516 pages
...Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon the period in the 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...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 pages
...many persons preserved the image of Marcus Antoninus among those of their household gods.' H«ppine»s if a man were called to fix the period in the - history...the condition of the human race was most happy and prosper• Before he went on the second expedition against the Germans, he read lectures of philosophy...
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Rights of God, Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of ...

Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...was sacred and what was profane : They respected no age, nor sect, nor rank. If a man was called upon to fix 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 this crisis. Their conquerors demolished...
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The historical works of William Robertson, with an account of his life and ...

William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...cruelly, raged in every part of Europe, and completed ils sufferings. If a man were called to iix 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...
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The Historical Works of William Robertson: With an Account of His ..., Volume 5

William Robertson - 1813 - 598 pages
...cruelty, raged in even- 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 deathofTheodosius...
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The Flowers of Modern History: Comprehending on a New Plan, the Most ...

John Adams - 1813 - 324 pages
...and what was profane: they respected no age, nor sex, nor rank. If a man was 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...
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The Historical Works of William Robertson: With an Account of His ..., Volume 5

William Robertson - 1813 - 596 pages
...every part of Europe, and completed its sufferings. If a man were called to fix upon the period in tire 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...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 pages
...Drawn out in a * Gibbon remarks, in the third chapter of his History of the Decline and Fall, that " if a man were called to fix the period in the history...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 Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

1814 - 592 pages
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The history of France, from the accession of Henry the third, to ..., Volume 1

sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1814 - 510 pages
...which elapsed between the death of Domitian, and the accession of Commodus, was incontestibly that, in which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous ; the vast extent of the Roman world being then governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue...
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