| James Comper Gray - 1870 - 360 Seiten
...inhabited by a scanty population of sad, ill-fed, and ill-governed people. If at some time that famous " 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," some one may be disposed to suggest that Macauley's... | |
| James C. Hannan - 1870 - 280 Seiten
...worshipped 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 a broken arch of London bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul. . . . When we reflect on the tremendous assaults which... | |
| Martin John Spalding - 1870 - 506 Seiten
...incompleteness of the returns. 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 a broken arch of London bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's ! " Truly splendid testimony to the vitality of the... | |
| Marlborough coll - 1870 - 796 Seiten
...amphitheatre. She may still exist in undiminiehed vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in tue midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." The present paper is intended to point out a few... | |
| Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. MACAUIAT. . f 24. THE CHURCH— (CONTINUED.) IS it... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1871 - 288 Seiten
...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,...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." I. We will not begin by considering the wisdom or... | |
| Cyril Beham Benni - 1871 - 366 Seiten
...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...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch tho ruins of St. Paul's." Lord Macaulay's Essay on Ranke's History of tho Popes.—The... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Joseph Smith Van Dyke - 1872 - 334 Seiten
...when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor...vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." By the music of this inflated eloquence they have... | |
| Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - 646 Seiten
...when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor...shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand in a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul.'' Now, I say that when that disruption... | |
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