 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 392 pagine
...in the happiness of his subjects ; so that it was said of him, " that it had been good for mankind if he had. never been born, or if he had never died." He gave the government an air suited to the disposition of the times ; he indulged his subjects in... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 380 pagine
...in the happiness of his subjects ; so that it was said of him, " that it had been good for mankind if he had never been born, or if he had never died." He gave the government an air suited to the disposition of the times ; he indulged his subjects in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pagine
...be taxed with flattery, since it was directed to a prince, of whom it is said, by a great historian, 'It had been happy for Rome, if he had never been...or if he had never died.' Had he never been born, Rome would, in all probability, have recovered its former liberty : had he never died, it would have... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pagine
...taxed with flattery, since it was directed to a prince, of whom it is said by a great historian, ' It had been happy for Rome, if he had never been born,...or if he had never died.' Had he never been born, Rome would, in all probability, have recovered its former liberty : had he never died, it would have... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 376 pagine
...taxed with flattery, since it was directed to a prince, of whom it is said, by a great historian, ' It had been happy for Rome, if he had never been born,...or if he had never died.' Had he never been born, Rome would, in all probability, have recovered its former liberty : had he never died, it would have... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1814 - 408 pagine
...in the happiness of his subjects ; so that it was said of him , * that it had been good for mankind if he had never been born, or if he had never died •».. It is possible that tfee .cruelties exercised in his triumvirate , were suggested by his colleagues.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 288 pagine
...in the happiness of his subjects', so that it was said of him, " That it had been good lor mankind if he had never been born or if he had never died." It is very probable that the cruelties exercised in his triumvirate were suggested by his colleagues;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 376 pagine
...in the happiness of his subjects ; so that it was said of him, « that it had been good for mankind if he had never been born , or if he had never died. » It is possible that the cruelties exercised in his triumvirate, were suggested by his colleagues.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Grimshaw - 1826 - 252 pagine
...terminated in the happiness, of his subjects ; so that it was said of him : " It had been good for mankind if he had never been born, or if he had never died." It is very probable that the cruelties exercised in his triumvirate, were suggested by his colleagues... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1834 - 496 pagine
...in the happiness of his subjects ; so that it was said of him, " that it had been good for mankind if he had never been born, or if he had never died." 20. It is possible that the cruelties exercised in his triumvirate were suggested by his colleagues.... | |
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... which is recorded as a beautiful turn of compliment, expressing a desire that he might enjoy a happy life of many hundreds of years. This... 
