| 1796 - 532 pages
...world. After a piinful altcat of eight or ten centuries, our Barons and Priucesof Europe dre lofl m the darknefs of the middle ages; but in the vaft equality of the tmpire of China, the posterity of Confucius have maintained, above two tbo'jfsnd two hundred years,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...lateft pofterity. The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the mofl| - illuftrious in the world. After a painful afcent of eight or ten centuries,...are loft in the darknefs of the middle ages ; but, iu the vaft equality of the empire of China, the pofterity of Confucius have maintained, above two... | |
| 1797 - 512 pages
...delight the lateft polteriThe family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the moft illuftrious in the world. After a painful afcent of eight or ten centuries,...loft in the darknefs of the middle ages ; but in the vafl equality of the empire of China, the pofterity of Confucius have maintained, above two thoufand... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages; but, in the rast equality of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 pages
...The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but, in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
| 1820 - 344 pages
...The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the wo:ld. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
| 1820 - 482 pages
...of Confucius," adds he, "is in my opinion the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but in the vast antiquity of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
| 1830 - 336 pages
...The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 pages
...The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages; but, in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages ; but, in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity... | |
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