 | 1841 - 766 Seiten
...with an observation in which few persons will be unwilling to concur: — " There is not," says he, "and there never was, on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman-catholic church." Then follows a proposition, to which, without the need of a word of illustration,... | |
 | 1842 - 820 Seiten
...this question Professor Ranke has thrown far more light Urn any other person who has written on it. There is not, and there never was on this earth, a...of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times... | |
 | Vanbrugh Livingston - 1843 - 278 Seiten
...work of the Eternal One himself. Says an eloquent writer, in a late number of the Edinburgh Review, " There is not, and there never was on this earth, a...of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left Thus was the payment of the penalty which fallen man... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 Seiten
...this question Professor Ranke has thrown far more light than any other person who has written on it. There is not, and there never was, on this earth,...human policy so well deserving of examination as the » * The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome, during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth... | |
 | 1843 - 784 Seiten
...words, although often cited, are here so peculiarly appropriate, that we cannot withhold them. — " There is not, and there never was, on this earth, a work so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church. The history of that Church joins together... | |
 | Martin John Spalding - 1844 - 412 Seiten
...on Ranke's History of the Papacy, another circumstance which entitles it to a place in this chapter. "There is not, and there. never was, on this earth, a work so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church. The history of that church joins together... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 Seiten
...strong temptations, have left to posterity a doubtful and chequered fame. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. There is not, and there never was, on this earth,...of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilisation. No other institution is left Standing which carries the mind back to the times... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 Seiten
...Professor Ranke has thrown far more light than any other person who has written on it There is not, anr! there never was, on this earth, a work of human policy...of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times... | |
 | 1846 - 278 Seiten
...years after its foundation, to hear witness to its antiquity, and to anticipate its duration : — " There is not, and there never was, on this earth a...well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Chureh. The history of that chureh joins together the two greatest ages of Roman civilization. No other... | |
 | Jaime Luciano Balmes - 1849 - 486 Seiten
...will be best stated in the words of Mr. Macaulay, in his article on Ranke, in the Edinburgh Review : " There is not, and there never was, on this earth,...of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilisation. Xo other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times... | |
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There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church. 
