on the face of the earth

No nation on the face of the earth, would, in a fimilar ſituation, have dealt ſo equitably, and with ſuch moderation, as the Engliſh have done, and continue to do, with reſpect to the French and Dutch traders in India.

1783, Joseph Price, Five Letters From a Free Merchant in Bengal, to Warren Hastings, →OCLC, →OL, page 161

America produces the most prosperous man on the face of the earth. These institutions of ours have given to the individual the largest degree of prosperity enjoyed by tlie masses of the people any place on the face of the earth. America produces the brainiest man on the face of the earth, and it produces the happiest man on the face of the earth; because [...]

1897, Reverdy C. Ransom, Deborah and Jael: Sermon to the I.B. W. Woman's Club at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Chicago, III, page 2

I grew and in process of time I became a man and passed through various births from the lowest types to the present advanced state of civilization; through generation after generation, until the time was ripe for my birth and advent as an individual prepared to walk and hold my own as a separate, independent entity on the face of the earth.

1915, Lysander Salmon Richards, The Beginning Of Man And What Becomes Of Him, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 11