IcelandWaugh and Innes, 1819 - 576 էջ |
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... travellers , he has in a great measure been anticipated by the remarks which they have laid before the pub- lic ; although he flatters himself the reader will not peruse even this part of his narrative without meet- ing with instances ...
... travellers , he has in a great measure been anticipated by the remarks which they have laid before the pub- lic ; although he flatters himself the reader will not peruse even this part of his narrative without meet- ing with instances ...
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... traveller . The ge- neral aspect of the country is the most rugged and dreary imaginable . On every side appear marks of confusion and devastation , or the tremendous sources of these evils in the yawning craters of huge and menacing ...
... traveller . The ge- neral aspect of the country is the most rugged and dreary imaginable . On every side appear marks of confusion and devastation , or the tremendous sources of these evils in the yawning craters of huge and menacing ...
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... traveller who might wish to penetrate beyond them . From the north - west point of the Hof or Arnarfell Yökul , a huge stream proceeds in a westerly direction , the surface of which is very slaggy and uneven ; and a few miles farther ...
... traveller who might wish to penetrate beyond them . From the north - west point of the Hof or Arnarfell Yökul , a huge stream proceeds in a westerly direction , the surface of which is very slaggy and uneven ; and a few miles farther ...
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... 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 , and the sulphur springs of Krisuvik in the south ; those of ...
... 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 , and the sulphur springs of Krisuvik in the south ; those of ...
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... traveller pursues his journey , for the period of four days , without seeing any thing like a mountain in the immediate vicinity . The whole of the interior , as far as it has been explored , consists of a vast inhospitable desert ...
... traveller pursues his journey , for the period of four days , without seeing any thing like a mountain in the immediate vicinity . The whole of the interior , as far as it has been explored , consists of a vast inhospitable desert ...
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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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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?