...would echo this poem in a famous passage in which he comfortably imagines a time in remote futurity when 'some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the...broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St Paul's'.52 By then the war with Napoleon was a heroic memory and the vision of time's decay, taken...

...cent is the natural interest of money. 6824 Essays ... 'Von Rank,' She (the Roman Catholic Churchl nd Scotchmen No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry 6825 Essays ... 'Von Ranke' She [the Church of Rome! thoroughly understands what no other church has...

...in the reprint edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger (New York, 1953), 520. 2. The Roman Catholic Church "may still exist in undiminished vigour when some...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Von Ranke," Critical and Historical Essays, ed. AJ Grieve (London, 1930—31),...

...to the papacy. He said of the Church, "She may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveler from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude,...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." Ultimately, Newman concluded, one needs to judge the question whether a doctrine has been developed...

...exist in the world; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all .... And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when...of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's" (401). Kap. 331, Anm. 1. Auf eine noch frühere Prophezeiung, allerdings von drei Weltmächten, wies...

...Ranke anticipates a time when, though London may be in ruins, the Catholic church will flourish yet: 'and she may still exist in undiminished vigour when...broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St Paul's'.40 The power of secular Rome has come and gone; thus may the secular power of London ebb away,...

...created at a time of massive self-confidence. What then do we make of Macaulay writing in 1840 of a time when 'some traveller from New Zealand shall in the...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's'. Whether or not the echo of Gibbon was a conscious one I do not know, but it is clear that Macaulay,...

...the Popes. Reflecting on the longevity and resilience of the Catholic Church, Macaulay speculated: 'she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some...broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.'153 And there it is left; the vision is abandoned and the historian returns to his views on...

...would echo this poem in a famous passage in which he comfortably imagines a time in remote futurity when "some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the...London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." 46 By then the war with Napoleon was a heroic memory and the vision of time's decay, taken so seriously...

...regard to the duration of the Church " and she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveler from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude,...London bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's." One of the distinguished Chilean politicians whose name appears in the list of companion founders,...