| Thomas Hornblower Gill - Papacy - 1866 - 536 pages
...compliment to the stability of the Roman Church : ' 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.' Such a disposition of events is exceedingly unlikely.... | |
| william harrison ainsworth - 1866 - 518 pages
...the Saxon had set foot on Britain, still existing, ages hence, in undiminished vigour, " when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's."! Here we have the passage in its completest form... | |
| Electronic journals - 1866 - 618 pages
...there can be littledoubt that until that much talked of, but we trust far distant day — " when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's" — the w'tings of Lord Macaulay will hold a foremost... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pages
...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...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 the world is constantly... | |
| William Anderson (D.D.) - Christian biography - 1866 - 354 pages
...were still worshipped in the temple at Mecca. She may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." Is it really so ? Are all the struggles of the ages... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...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 0n. a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. We often hear it said that the... | |
| 1866 - 522 pages
...the Saxon had set foot on Britain, still existing, ages hence, in undiminished vigour, " when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand ou a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's."t Here we have the passage in... | |
| Robert Hall Baynes - 1873 - 720 pages
...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...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." After tracing the great insurrections of the human... | |
| Missions - 1867 - 396 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, take his stand on some broken arch af London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." her manners ; reformed her morals,... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1849 - 604 pages
...idols were still wor' shipped in Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished ' vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst ' of...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... | |
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