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. The Eclectic Review - Side 366redigert av - 1852Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 sider
...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...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... | |
| Henry Rogers - 1854 - 474 sider
...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 ruina of St. Paul's.' " " In short," resumed Harrington, " in seveial ways that appalling catastrophe... | |
| Edward Lance Tarbuck - 1855 - 94 sider
...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...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's," — whatever may then be concluded of the majesty of the literature, 1 Those who desire to inquire... | |
| 1855 - 1428 sider
...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,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 sider
...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...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... | |
| 1856 - 780 sider
...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...London bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." CARROLL. PETEEJBOss, V*., February S3, 1856. THE PRESS. Br J. BALMES Tramlaled for the IfrtroeoK/an.... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sider
...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 celebrated mot, " Du sublime au ridicule il n'ya qu'un... | |
| Robert Skeen - 1857 - 440 sider
...Mecca; and she may still exist in undiminished vigour, when some traveller from New Zealand shall, iu the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a...London Bridge, to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." of a volcanic nature, and has attracted the attention of travellers as the probable scene of such a... | |
| 1857 - 866 sider
...Mecca, and she may still exist in undiminished vigour rchen some traveller from Nero 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. Pauls" This whole passage is of singular import, because of the political bitterness against Catholics,... | |
| 1857 - 514 sider
...trust that the time " when some traveller from New Zealand, in the midst of a vast solitude, takes his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's," will be the same as that period in which the Irish barrister shall act without the intervention of... | |
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