Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term of her long dominion is approaching. 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... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 401by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jaime Luciano Balmes - 1849 - 486 pages
...; and it will be difficult to shew that all the other Christian sects united amount to 120,000,000. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...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 foot in Britain... | |
| Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1849 - 412 pages
...show. In his review of Ranke's History of the Popes, speaking of the Catholic Church, Macaulay says: "She saw the commencement of all the governments,...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 foot on Britain—before... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...World have more than compensated her for what she has lost in the Old. Her spiritual ascendency extend f beggary and pestilence to another, from Grub street...a glasshouse in December, to die in an hosP'lal, destined to see the end of them all. She was great arid respected before, the Saxon had set foot on... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...her community are certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions ; and it will be dilficult to show that all the other Christian sects united...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 ihe Saxon had sei foot on Britain... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1853 - 596 pages
...are certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions ; and it will be difficult to show that all other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and...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 foot on Britain,... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - Church and state - 1853 - 472 pages
...are certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions ; and it will be difficult to show that all other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and...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 foot on Britain,... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - Church and state - 1853 - 470 pages
...arc certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions ; and it will be difficult to show that all other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and...dominion is approaching. She saw the commencement cf all the governments and of all the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world ; and... | |
| William Waterworth - 1854 - 446 pages
...are certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions, and it will be difficult to show that all other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and...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 foot on Britain,... | |
| William Waterworth - 1854 - 440 pages
...are certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions, and it will be difficult to show that all other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and...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 foot on Britain,... | |
| William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...date, however, a chaplain was almost always resident at Danby Hall, with the Scrope family, and freterm of her long dominion is approaching. She saw the commencement...the world; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of theni all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on... | |
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