| 1857 - 514 páginas
...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... | |
| Charles Hursthouse - 1857 - 374 páginas
...made it — the cannibal herald of that New Zealand traveller of Macaulay's, who is " to stand on the broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." In 1820, Hongi, chief of the Ngapuhi tribe, New Zealand's cannibal Napoleon, accompanied Mr. Missionary... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 páginas
...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...is constantly becoming more and more enlightened, cind that this enlightening must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1858 - 422 páginas
...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 When we reflect on the tremendous assaults which she has survived, we find it difficult to conceive... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 páginas
...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...unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we could think so. Bui we see great reason to doubt whether this be it well-founded expectation. We see that during the... | |
| John Francis Maguire - 1860 - 502 páginas
...Macaulay, who certainly is not open to the charge of partiality on the side of the Catholics : — " We often hear it said, that the world is constantly...becoming more and more enlightened, and that this enlightenment must be favourable to Protestantism, and unfavourable to Catholicism. We wish that we... | |
| Aeneas McDonell Dawson - 1860 - 278 páginas
...a century. Let us take the opinion of a very learned Protestant writer. Baron MacCaulay says:— " We often hear it said, that the world is constantly becoming more and more enlightened, and that the enlightenment must be fovorable to Protestantism, and unfavorable to Catholicism. We wish that... | |
| Alexander Alison - 1860 - 476 páginas
...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." I grant the cogency of this reasoning, on the assumption that religion is not progressive; but I come... | |
| Martin John Spalding - 1860 - 508 páginas
...Yigor^ when some traveler 'Him 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 Catholic Church, coming, as it does, from the pen... | |
| Henry George John Clements - 1860 - 176 páginas
...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." These words were written twenty years ago. Whether the events that since have occurred, justify or... | |
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