We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that every age of the world has increased, and still increases, the real wealth, the happiness, the knowledge, and perhaps the virtue, of the human race. Public and Private Economy - Page 194by Theodore Sedgwick - 1836 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 446 pages
...propagated ; they can never be lost. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that every.age of the world has increased, and still increases, the...knowledge, and perhaps the virtue, of the human race f. * In the ninth and tenth books of the Odysicy, Homer has embellished the tales of fearful and credulous... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 440 pages
...New World, these inestimable gifts : they have been successively propagated ; they can never be lost. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion,...the knowledge, and perhaps the virtue, of the human race.p • In the ninth and tenth boots of the Odyssey, Homer has embellished the tales of Tearful... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1820 - 430 pages
...New World, these inestimable gifts : they have been successively propagated ; they can never be lost. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion,...and still increases, the real wealth, the happiness, are destitute of metals, have not invented any earthen vessels capable of sustaining the action of... | |
| David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...New world, these inestimable gifts ; they have been successively propagated ; they can never be lost. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion,...knowledge, and perhaps the virtue, of the human race. History of the Roman Empire. BURKE. By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 pages
...New World, these inestimable gifts: they have been successively propagated ; they can never be lost. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion,...increased, and still increases, the real wealth, the * It is certain, however strange, that many nations have been ignorant of the use of fire. Even the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1843 - 486 pages
...New World, these inestimable gifts ; they have been successively propagated ; they can never be lost. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that every age of the worW has increased, and still increases, the real wealth, the happiness, the knowledge, and perhaps... | |
| 412 pages
...natural expectations of man." " I readily acquiesce," says Gibbon, the celebrated historian, "I readily acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that every age...the world has increased, and still increases, the wealth, the happiness, the knowledge, and perhaps the virtue of the human race." " It is," says MrM'Culloch,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1852 - 684 pages
...these inestimable gifts : they have been successively propagated ; they can never be lost. • We mav therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that...the knowledge, and perhaps the virtue, of the human race.15 ** It is certain, however strange, that many nations have been ignorant of the use of fire.... | |
| David Urquhart - Europe - 1853 - 530 pages
...deserve a name amongst the polished nations they subdue. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasant conclusion, that every age of the world has increased and still increases the real worth, the happiness, and the knowledge of 'the human race." Four short years had thus sufficed to... | |
| David Urquhart - Europe - 1853 - 524 pages
...deserve a name amongst the polished nations they subdue. We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasant conclusion, that every age of the world has increased and still increases the real worth, the happiness, and the knowledge of the human race." Four short years had thus sufficed to plant... | |
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