 | 1840 - 1176 pages
...at that period," — a little distant, we hope — " when • Edinburgh Ilcviiw, Oct. 1840, p. 22S. some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand upon the last remaining arch of London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." The Quarterly Review... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...set foot in Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still nourished at Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple...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.... | |
 | 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, 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." At what fire, I would know, was... | |
 | Jeremiah Donovan - 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....shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of S. Paul's" (a). CHAP. V. UTITl'nr. iND LONGITUDE... | |
 | 1842 - 820 pages
...the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when i<iols 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 midst of a vast solitude, tike his stand on... | |
 | 1843 - 784 pages
...on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in the...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. —" We often hear it said, that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 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....shall, in the midst of a vast solitude,! take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch i the ruins of St. Paul's. We often hear it said that the... | |
 | Vanbrugh Livingston - 1843 - 278 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. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on... | |
 | Martin John Spalding - 1844 - 412 pages
...on Briton — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in the...of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor, when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand... | |
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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... 
