 | Edward Gibbon - 1867 - 580 pages
...colome. Voltaire, Siecle de Louis XIV. lightened nations, represent the Tinman savage naked both ia mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of...condition, perhaps the primitive and universal state of wan, he has gradually arisen to command the animals, to fertilize the earth, to traverse the ocean,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1871 - 672 pages
...fleurir la plus nombreuse colonie. Voltaire, Siecle de Louis XIV. c. xx. in hii Works, tom. xi. p. 891. The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators,...nations, represent the human savage, naked both in body and mind, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language. 18 From this abject... | |
 | 1886 - 912 pages
...The progress of man has been irregular and various ; very slow in the beginning, when he was naked in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and had little of language ; and increasing by degrees, in geometrical ratio at times, and at other times... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 726 pages
...speculations be found doubtful or fallacious, there still remains a more humble source of comfort and hope. The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators,...represent the human savage naked both in mind and bodv, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language.10 From this abject condition,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 680 pages
...la phu tiombreuse colonie. Voltaire, Siecle de Louis XIV. o. XX. in hit Works, torn. xi. p. 391. Hie discoveries of ancient and modern navigators, and the domestic history, or tradition, of the moat enlightened nations, represent the human savage, naked both in mind and body, and destitute of... | |
 | Marion Daniel Shutter - 1900 - 330 pages
...old, the result showing that, on the whole, progress has far prevailed over relapse." Says Gibbon: " The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators,...primitive and universal state of man, he has gradually ascended to command the animals, to fertilize the earth, to traverse the ocean, and to measure the... | |
 | 1900 - 570 pages
...sepulchres, and our altars. — (Reflection* on the Revolution in France.) EDWARD GIBBON, b. 1737. d. 1794. The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators,...perhaps the primitive and universal state of man, he has giadually arisen to command the animals, to fertilise the earth, to traverse the ocean, and to measure... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 576 pages
...speculations be found doubtful or fallacious, there still remains a more humble source of comfort and hope. The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators,...of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language. 10 From this abject condition, perhaps the primitive and universal state of man, he has gradually arisen... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1906 - 630 pages
...civil policy ; and they themselves must deserve a place among the polished nations whom they subdue. human savage, naked both in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language.8 From this abject condition, perhaps the primitive and universal state of man, he has gradually... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - 328 pages
...sepulchres, and our altars. — (Reflections on the Revolution in France.) EDWARD GIBBON, b. 1737, d. 1794. The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators,...and almost of language. From this abject condition, peihaps the primitive and universal state of man, he has gradually arisen to command the animals, to... | |
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The discoveries of ancient and modern navigators, and the domestic history or tradition of the most enlightened nations, represent the human savage naked both in mind and body, and destitute of laws, of arts, of ideas, and almost of language. 
