| 1840 - 1176 pages
...at that period," — a little distant, we hope — " when • Edinburgh Ilcviiw, Oct. 1840, p. 22S. some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand upon the last remaining arch of London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." The Quarterly Review... | |
| Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still nourished at Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca;...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.... | |
| 1842 - 820 pages
...the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when i<iols 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 midst of a vast solitude, tike his stand on... | |
| Vanbrugh Livingston - 1843 - 278 pages
...and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain—before the Frank had passed the Rhine—when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch—when...of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on... | |
| 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... | |
| Martin John Spalding - 1844 - 412 pages
...before the Frank had passed the Rhine — 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, when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand... | |
| 1846 - 278 pages
...Britain, hefore the FVank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca....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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...before the Frank had passed the Rhine — when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch — when nt ourselves with stating the fact, and leaving it...Englishman.Recent controversies have, however, given so much imp midnt of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St.... | |
| Miles Gerald Keon - 1846 - 608 pages
...demons. If ever Mr. Macaulay's half-prophecy should come to pass, if ever the time should really arrive when some traveller from New Zealand 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, — then, when the learned... | |
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