 Spain, once the first among monarchies, to the lowest depths of degradation, the elevation of Holland, in spite of many natural disadvantages, to a position such as no commonwealth so small has ever reached, teach the same lesson. Whoever passes in Germany...  The Reformation - Page 511by George Park Fisher - 1873 - 620 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arminianism - 1859 - 1200 pages
...contrast between countries divided by this single barrier. A sentence of Lord Macaulay's is in point : " Whoever passes, in Germany, from a Roman Catholic...other side of the Atlantic, the same law prevails. Th« Protestants of the United States have left far behind them the Roman Catholics of Mexico, Peru,... | |
 | Protestant association - 1855 - 404 pages
...knowledge, in freedom, in wealth, and in the arts of life, has been in inverse proportion to her power. The loveliest and most fertile provinces of Europe...other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails." But, continued Mr. Lord, Ireland from first to last has been injured by Maynooth, and we have not only... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...principality, in Switzerland from a Roman-catholic to a Protestant canton, in Ireland from a Roman-calholic to a Protestant county, finds that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilization. Ou the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The Protestants of the United States have... | |
 | 1867 - 826 pages
...judgment as to the tendensy of papal domination. The descent * Wylio's " Rome and Civil Liberty," p. 191. of Spain, once the first among monarchies, to the...from a lower to a higher grade of civilization."* Ignorance, according to Popery, is the mother of devotion. It certainly is an essential source of her... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 850 pages
...of life, has been made in spite of her, and has everywhere been in inverse proportion to her power. The loveliest and most fertile provinces of Europe...that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilisation. On the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The Protestants of the United... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 884 pages
...of life, has been made in spite of her, and has even-where been in inverse proportion to her power. The loveliest and most fertile provinces of Europe...that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilisation. On the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The Protestants of the United... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 470 pages
...of life, has been made in spite of her, and has everywhere been in inverse proportion to her power. The loveliest and most fertile provinces of Europe...that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilisation. On the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The Protestants of the United... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 560 pages
...of life, has been made in spite of her, and has every where been in inverse proportion to her power. The loveliest and most fertile provinces of Europe...county, finds that he has passed from a lower to a VOL. i. 4 higher grade of civilization. On the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 480 pages
...of Europe have, under her rule, been sunk in poverty, in political servitude, and in intellectu.il torpor, while Protestant countries, once proverbial...that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilisation. On the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The Protestants of the United... | |
 | Protestantism - 1849 - 668 pages
...industry into gardens, and can boast of a long list of heroes and statesmen, philosophers and pouts. Whoever, knowing what Italy and Scotland naturally...that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilisation. On the other side of the Atlantic the same law prevails. The Protestants of the United... | |
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