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
| Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 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...passed the Rhine, — when Grecian eloquence still nourished at Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 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...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 - English literature - 1883 - 1254 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...when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand ou a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
| Michael di Gargano (pseud.?) - 1883 - 250 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.... | |
| Joseph Faà di Bruno - Paper - 1884 - 472 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...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.... | |
| United States - 1891 - 800 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 A1Hioch, when idol§ were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. "And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
| Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1884 - 898 pages
...she is not destined to see the end of them all. " The Papacy was great and respected before the Saxon set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed...were still worshipped in the Temple of Mecca. And the Papacy may continue to exist, in undiminished vigour, when some traveller from New Zealand shall,... | |
| James J. Treacy - Apologetics - 1885 - 420 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...in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in un* Estimated now at two hundred and twenty-five millions. diminished vigor when some traveller from... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1885 - 916 pages
...eceleaa*tical establishments that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined nndiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...ecclesiastical establishments, that now exist in the world: and we feel no assurance that she is not destined mine which can be truly arg (irecian eloquence still flourished at Antloch, when idols were etill worshipped In the temple of Mecca.... | |
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