| Henry Rogers - 1854 - 476 pagina’s
...her. That picture of the splendid imagination of the great historian of our day may be realized, ' 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.'" " In short," resumed Harrington,... | |
| William Waterworth - 1854 - 446 pagina’s
...meaning of the words " gates of hell," see Rosenmuller, in 1. 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." " Four times, since the authority... | |
| William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 380 pagina’s
...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 midst of a 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... | |
| William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 pagina’s
...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. We often hear it said that the world is constantly becoming more and more enlightened, and that this... | |
| Edward Lance Tarbuck - 1855 - 94 pagina’s
...; when what is now so active and so animated is deemed of ancient days and matter of antiquity ; " 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," — whatever may then be concluded... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pagina’s
...English becomes a learned tongue; and Mr. Macaulay's Traveller from New Zealand takes his stand upon the broken arch of London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. Meanwhile, according to our view of Sheil's life and times, they should be a warning to men of genius,... | |
| 1856 - 780 pagina’s
...were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may (and will) still exist in undiminished vigor 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." CARROLL. PETEEJBOss, V*., February... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagina’s
...Ranke's History of the Popes. She (the Roman Catholic Church) may still exist in undiminished vigor, 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-f * Probably the original of Napoleon's... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pagina’s
...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 midst of a 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... | |
| 1859 - 664 pagina’s
...of departed glory, and when — to use the words of England's eloquent historian — "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 ?" Yea, all flesh is grass, and... | |
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