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. Critical and historical essays - Page 548by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
| Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...difficult to show, that all the other Christian sects united, amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term,...ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world, and feels no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was respected before the... | |
| 1842 - 820 pages
...all the other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sijjn which indicates that the term of her long dominion...see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian... | |
| Jeremiah Donovan - Rome - 1842 - 704 pages
...difficult to show that all the other Christian sects united amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...the commencement of all the governments, and of all ihe ecclesiastical establishments , that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 424 pages
...difficult UTshow that all the other Christian sects united, amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain—before the Frank had passed the Rhine—when Grecian eloquence... | |
| Vanbrugh Livingston - Grace (Theology) - 1843 - 278 pages
...show that all the other Christian sects united, amount to more than a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain—before the Frank had passed the Rhine—when Grecian eloquence... | |
| 1843 - 784 pages
...difficult to show, that all the other Christian sects united, amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...is not destined to see the end of them all. She was fjreat and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine... | |
| Martin John Spalding - Europe - 1844 - 412 pages
...exceed ; it may even fall below the mark, in consequence of the probable incompleteness of the returns. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon set foot on Briton — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence... | |
| American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
..."which indicates that the term of her long dominion is approaching. She saw the commencement of all ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the...see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon set foot in Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...difficult to show that all the other Christian sects united, amount to a hundred and twenty millions. Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term...see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain — before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian... | |
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