 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. She was great and respected before the Saxon had...  Library of Southern Literature: Biography - Pagina 5542geredigeerd door - 1910Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Philip Schaff - 1888 - 788 pagina’s
...other governments and churches. " She was great and respected," he concludes, "before the Saxon set his foot on Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine,...still flourished at Antioch, when idols were still worship! in the Temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor, when some traveler... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1888 - 800 pagina’s
...Church that, in the famous words of the brilliant writer just quoted, " was great and respected before Saxon had set foot on Britain, before the Frank had...the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1889 - 112 pagina’s
...yesterday ; " — that sovereignty which "was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot in Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when...Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca." But, however much of sympathy we may feel for the fallen Pontiff, our reason compels us... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pagina’s
...exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she i.? not destined to see the end of them all. She 0 of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall,... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 pagina’s
...Macaulay winds up a splendid rhetorical passage on the Catholic Church with the following peroration: She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot...the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pagina’s
...exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She and all argument. The character of his idol is matter...of faith ; and the province of faith is not to be in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
 | John Creahan - 1897 - 292 pagina’s
...exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot...— when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveler from New Zealand shall,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pagina’s
...exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot...the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 464 pagina’s
...exist in the world; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot...the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshiped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 684 pagina’s
...exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot...the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished... | |
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