 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
 | William Morley Punshon - 1873 - 400 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...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." As one reads this oracular announcement, one is ready to enquire, ' Is it really so ? Is the tide to... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 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,...broken arch of London bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Pauls'. VEX — THE CHUKCH. —CONTINUED. MACAULAY. 1. Is it not strange that in the year 1799 even... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...of its July. / remember, I remember. THOMAS B. MACAULAY. 1800-1859. She (the Roman Catholic Church) may still exist in undiminished vigour, when some...broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.1 Review of Ranhe's History of the Popes. 1 The same image was employed by Macaulay in 1824,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1874 - 374 pages
...translation of Eanke's history of the Popes, he says : " 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." In his essay on Mitford's " History of Greece," he enlarges, on the same idea : " And when those who... | |
 | Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1874 - 380 pages
...translation of Ranke's history of the Popes, he says : " 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." In his essay on Mitford's "History of Greece," he enlarges on the same idea : " And when those who... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 pages
...my goal. She (the Roman Catholic Church) may still exist in nnrliminishcd vigor when some traveler from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude,...of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. MACAOLAY, Kimkc's History uf the 1'npci. The next Augustan ago will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic.... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1875 - 354 pages
...TAGS : — (From Macaulay.) She (the Roman Catholic Church) may still exist in undiminished rigour, when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the...of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Bosweirs Life of Johnson. She (the Roman Catholic Church) may still exist in undiminished vigour,when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst...broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.1 Review of Kankfi History of the Popes. 1 The same image was employed by Macaulay in 1824,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 pages
...my soul. She (the Roman Catholic Church) may still exist, in undiminished vigor when some traveler from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude,...of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. MACATTLAY, Ranke's History of the Popes. The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic.... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1875 - 970 pages
...quarter. Macaulay once imagined that there might be a time when some traveller from New Zealand would, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on...of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. A time may indeed come when London, Paris, New York, and other great centres of our present civilization... | |
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