 | 1753 - 672 sider
...fpehas been tumbling on, century by century, from to worfe, for about fix thoufand years. CONSIDERING this progreffive ftate of deterioration, it is a very...fuppofed to have dwindled or degenerated confiderably, ably, except in a very few inftances : for it muft be owned that our modern oaks are inferior to thofe... | |
 | 1753 - 668 sider
...thcufand years. CONSIDERING this progrefiive ftate of deterioration, it is a very great mercy that tilings are no worfe with us at prefent ; fince, geometrically...fuppofed to have dwindled or degenerated confiderably, ' •' . • - * i • ' -.- -•*' ably, except in a very few inftances: 'for it -tftuft ' owned that... | |
 | 1776 - 306 sider
...every age has degenerated ; and from the fall of the firft man, my unfortunate anceftor, our fpecies has been tumbling on, century by century, from bad...muft be owned that our modern oaks are inferior to thole of JDodona, our breed of horfes to that of the Centaurs, and our breed of fowls to that of the... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 322 sider
...century by century, from bad to worse, for about six thousand years. Considering this progressive state of deterioration, it is a very great mercy that things are no worse with us at present; since, geometrically speaking, the human ought by this time to have sunk... | |
 | 1803 - 332 sider
...century by century, from bad to worse, for about six thousand years. Considering this progressive state of deterioration, it is a very great mercy that things are no worse with us at present ; since, geometrically speaking, the human ought by this time to have sunk... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 304 sider
...century by century, from bad to worse, for about six thousand years. Considering this progressive state of deterioration, it is a very great mercy that things are no worse with us at present; since, geometrically speaking, the human ought by this time to have sunk... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 582 sider
...century by century, from bad to worse, for about six thousand years. Considering this progressive state of deterioration, it is a very great mercy that things are no worse with us at present ; since, geometrically speaking, the human ought by this time to have sunk... | |
 | Roger Coxon - 1925 - 348 sider
...century by century, from bad to worse, for about six thousand years. Considering this progressive state of deterioration, it is a very great mercy that things are no worse with us at present ; since, geometrically speaking, the human ought by this time to have sunk... | |
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... for keeping : every age has degenerated ; and, from the fall of the first man, my unfortunate ancestor, our species has been tumbling on, century by century, from bad to worse, for about six thousand years. Considering this progressive state of deterioration,... 