 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 496 lapas
...of Auguftus. Their unparalleled vices, and the fplendid theatre on which they were acted, have faved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius,...feeble Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beaflly Vitellius s °, and the timid inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlafting infamy. 5° Vitellius... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 494 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antodines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During * Vitellius consumed in mere eating, at least six millions of our money in abont seven months.... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...Nero, the beastly Vitellius,* and the timid, inhuman Domitiau, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During fourscore years (excepting only the short and... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...Nero, the beastly Vitellius,* and the timid, inhuman l)omitiau, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During fourscore years (excepting only the short and... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...Claudius, the profligate and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellrus,* and the timid, inhuman Domitiau, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During fourscore... | |
 | William Jones - 1819 - 626 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During fourscore years (excepting only the short and doubtful respite of Vespasian's reign) Rome groaned... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they weiracted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelentin« Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the... | |
 | 1831 - 858 lapas
...Antonines presents to the gloomy period which preceded it. " It is almost superfluous," says Gibbon, " to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus....and cruel Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid in2 F 214 Scene and Era of the Apocalyptic Seals. human Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy."... | |
 | William Willcocks Sleigh - 1837 - 454 lapas
...of our own species. The golden age of Trajan and the Antonines had been preceded by an age of iron. It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy...inhuman Domitian, are condemned to everlasting infamy. During four-score years, (excepting only the short and doubtful respite of Vespasian's reign,) Rome... | |
 | 1837 - 404 lapas
...submit to civil government in general, but whether they should submit to the government of such men as " the dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula,...Nero, the beastly Vitellius, and the timid inhuman Uomitian." Yet the great principle was advanced, that, even under the reign of such men, we are to... | |
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It is almost superfluous to enumerate the unworthy successors of Augustus. Their unparalleled vices, and the splendid theatre on which they were acted, have saved them from oblivion. The dark unrelenting Tiberius, the furious Caligula, the feeble Claudius,... 
