And she may still exist in undiminished vigour 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 Paul's. Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 401by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1841 - 596 pages
...improbably contain a population as large as that which now inhabits Europe. The members of her communion are certainly not fewer than a hundred and fifty millions...is constantly becoming more and more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We... | |
| 1841 - 602 pages
...not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot oo Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine...is constantly becoming more and more enlightened, and that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We... | |
| Theology - 1841 - 766 pages
...admiration of the stamina of the church of Rome by opining that she may " still exist, in undiminishecl vigour, when some traveller from New Zealand shall,...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." At what fire, I would know, was this torch kindled ? Does it shew anything of futurity? For me, at... | |
| Jeremiah Donovan - Rome - 1842 - 704 pages
...Britain-before the Frank had passed the Rhine-wheu Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch-when \ idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca....broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of S. Paul's" (a). CHAP. V. UTITl'nr. iND LONGITUDE OF BOMB — GEOLOGY Of ROME AND 119 VICINITY THE TIBER... | |
| 1842 - 820 pages
...undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, tike his stand on a broken arch of London bridge to sketch...that the world is constantly becoming more and more enlightoneJ, and that this enlightening must be tarorable to Protestantism, and unfavorable to Catholicism.... | |
| 1843 - 784 pages
...world; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was fjreat and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain...We often hear it said, that the world is constantly becominu more and more enlightened ; and that this enlightening must be favorable to Protestantism,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 424 pages
...Britain—before the Frank had passed the Rhine—when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch—when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca....stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch i the ruins of St. Paul's. We often hear it said that the world is constantly becoming more and more... | |
| Vanbrugh Livingston - Grace (Theology) - 1843 - 278 pages
...Antioch—when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the...London bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." righteousness of the law, and the chief mystery and abomination of the Man of Sin.* It was, then, by... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1852 - 688 pages
...worshiped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor, when some traveler from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude,...London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's."* Now, though we may think this opinion extravagant, and be unable to accord with it, yet, we must acknowledge,... | |
| Martin John Spalding - Europe - 1844 - 412 pages
...idols were still worshipped in the Temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor, when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the...of London bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's !" Truly splendid testimony to the vitality of the Catholic church, coming, as it does, from the pen... | |
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