Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. 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... Critical and historical essays - Page 538by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...eloquence still nourished at Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca; and she may still exist in undiminished vigour, when some...shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand upon a broken arch of London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. EDINBURGH REVIEW. LESSON XXII.... | |
| 1857 - 830 pages
...far and wide around, we almost look for the predicted tourist from New Zealand, who shall one day, " in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." Bat neither St. Paul's nor London Bridge is yet in rains. Around the former the torrent of human life... | |
| Jeremiah Donovan - 1842 - 704 pages
...eloquence still flourished at Antioch-when \ idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some...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
...eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigour, when some...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 - 1843 - 424 pages
...eloquence still flourished at Antioch—when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she / may still exist in undiminished vigour when...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 - 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 - 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 - 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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