 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 and Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 554by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 923 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London-bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's !" Before we quit this subject, let us briefly recapitulate... | |
 | 1846 - 278 pages
...'of them all. She was great and respected hefore the Sason had set foot on Britain, hefore the FVank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still...traveller' from New Zealand shall, in th'e midst of a vast sottude, take his stand on a hroken- areh of London-hridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's."— Thomas... | |
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