 She saw the commencement of all the governments and of all the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 401by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 278 pages
...foot on Britain, hefore the FVank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple...when some traveller' from New Zealand shall, in th'e midst of a vast sottude, take his stand on a hroken- areh of London-hridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
 | Jaime Luciano Balmes - 1849 - 486 pages
...not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot in Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand upon a broken arch of London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of... | |
 | John Miley - Papal States - 1850 - 578 pages
...foot on Britain, before the French had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the Temple...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great arid disgust, which the faithless conduct of his brethren...of the system amidst the vices of its ministers. midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before ihe Saxon had sei foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the mitlsl of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Church and state - 1853 - 470 pages
...ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected...the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 380 pages
...no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected hefore the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854 - 452 pages
...all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain, before the Frank had paused the Rhine, when Grecian elo'quence still flourished...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still nourished at Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
 | 1855 - 804 pages
...and strength of the papacy, and marveling at its continuous "life and youthful vigor," he writes : •'She was great and respected before the Saxon had...— when idols were still worshipped in the temple oí Mecca. And she may till! exht in undiminishi'd vigor when tome traccler from l\'?te Zealand thai/,... | |
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