IcelandWaugh and Innes, 1819 - 576 էջ |
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... height into the atmosphere , and present to the eye of the traveller some of the grandest scenes to be met with on the face of the globe . The principal are the Geysers , near Haukadal ; the Reykium springs in the district of Ölfus ...
... height into the atmosphere , and present to the eye of the traveller some of the grandest scenes to be met with on the face of the globe . The principal are the Geysers , near Haukadal ; the Reykium springs in the district of Ölfus ...
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... height it is most probable they had only been occasional visitors , who repaired thither during the summer months for the purpose of fishing , and returned home again before winter , in the air , returned again to the ship ; INTRODUCTION .
... height it is most probable they had only been occasional visitors , who repaired thither during the summer months for the purpose of fishing , and returned home again before winter , in the air , returned again to the ship ; INTRODUCTION .
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... height in the horizon , surrounded below with clouds , and completely covered with snow . From about the middle of the highest , a black rugged ridge commenced , which con- tinued to dip gradually towards the west , till it was inter ...
... height in the horizon , surrounded below with clouds , and completely covered with snow . From about the middle of the highest , a black rugged ridge commenced , which con- tinued to dip gradually towards the west , till it was inter ...
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... height , I received peculiar gratification from the sight of a small hamlet neatly built of lava , and a garden in full verdure , which lay in the heart of one of these . This spot is completely sheltered from wintry blasts by the lofty ...
... height , I received peculiar gratification from the sight of a small hamlet neatly built of lava , and a garden in full verdure , which lay in the heart of one of these . This spot is completely sheltered from wintry blasts by the lofty ...
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... height ; three feet being the highest we observed . They erupt , however , with great impetuosity , and a considerable quantity of steam makes its escape . In the hottest we tried , Fahrenheit's ther- mometer stood at 212 ° . They ...
... height ; three feet being the highest we observed . They erupt , however , with great impetuosity , and a considerable quantity of steam makes its escape . In the hottest we tried , Fahrenheit's ther- mometer stood at 212 ° . They ...
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Iceland: Or, The Journal of a Residence in that Island, During the Years ... Ebenezer Henderson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1831 |
Iceland: Or, the Journal of a Residence in That Island, During the Years ... Ebenezer Henderson Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2015 |
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Althing ancient appearance arrived ascended basaltic bason beautiful Bible Society Bishop Bishop of Skalholt boiling breadth called chasms church clergyman coast considerable consists Copenhagen copies covered crater Danish Dean descended distance east eruption farm feet formed Geyser grass Greenland ground height Hekla hills Holum Hörgá horses hot springs hour houses ice mountain Iceland Icelandic horses immense inhabitants island jets Jonson journey lake lava leprosy miles morning moun mountains natives nearly northern o'clock Olafsen owing parish pass peasant plain possession precipitous present proceeded pumice quantity reached Reykiavik river rix-dollars road rocks sand scarcely Scriptures servant side Sira Jon situated Skalholt Snæfell snow stones stream of lava Styr sulphur summit surface Syssel Sysselman tain tent Testament Thor thrown tion tract traveller tuffa valley Vestmanna vicinity volcano whole winter Yökul
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Էջ 253 - Other refuge have I none; . Hangs my helpless soul on Thee: Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me : All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing.
Էջ 206 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Էջ 190 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Էջ 137 - Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Էջ 378 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Էջ 171 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Էջ 150 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With solid, as the lake with liquid fire...
Էջ 163 - The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Էջ 114 - There cometh One mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Էջ 230 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?