 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
 | English literature - 1841 - 588 pages
...foot oa 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... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - England - 1870 - 788 pages
...foot in 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 upon a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of... | |
 | William Murison - English language - 1926 - 452 pages
...foot in Britain, before the Frank 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 St... | |
 | Charles Bullock - 1885 - 298 pages
...Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antiocb, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of...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.... | |
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