Peeps at foreign countries, by the ed. [N. Macleod] and contributions to Good words etc1871 |
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... head and glint up at the plaster Virgin , and hobble away hungry and athirst . It would need another revolution to imperil the little chancel and its contents , and even in that event , the sans culotte element would be small in Etretat ...
... head and glint up at the plaster Virgin , and hobble away hungry and athirst . It would need another revolution to imperil the little chancel and its contents , and even in that event , the sans culotte element would be small in Etretat ...
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... head to foot ; but the sea has so eaten at the base that it seems to stand balanced on a narrow point , and the beholder expects every moment to see the huge structure crash over into the sea . The sea - gull and cormorant , secure from ...
... head to foot ; but the sea has so eaten at the base that it seems to stand balanced on a narrow point , and the beholder expects every moment to see the huge structure crash over into the sea . The sea - gull and cormorant , secure from ...
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... Head - dresses are torn , dresses rumpled , blouses rent , in the merry scuffle . Everywhere , among the bigger folk , jump little ones , sucking chocolate and bon bons . Papas and mammas , uncles and aunts , meet and chatter and kiss ...
... Head - dresses are torn , dresses rumpled , blouses rent , in the merry scuffle . Everywhere , among the bigger folk , jump little ones , sucking chocolate and bon bons . Papas and mammas , uncles and aunts , meet and chatter and kiss ...
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... heads , and a splendid carpet beneath our feet ! " No doubt this is a solecism in taste which the Italians have long escaped , though their climate may have suggested one - half of the lesson ; but perhaps the thoughtful reader may ...
... heads , and a splendid carpet beneath our feet ! " No doubt this is a solecism in taste which the Italians have long escaped , though their climate may have suggested one - half of the lesson ; but perhaps the thoughtful reader may ...
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... head , yet knitting with indomitable industry . A mode of life so primitive and simple strikes the ima- gination of a stranger . The common dress of the men on holidays consists of a black hat with broad brim and red bow , blue waist ...
... head , yet knitting with indomitable industry . A mode of life so primitive and simple strikes the ima- gination of a stranger . The common dress of the men on holidays consists of a black hat with broad brim and red bow , blue waist ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alexander Column Alps appeared Arsta beautiful Blackfeet blue Canada church cliffs clouds coast colour Courmayeur Dalarö dance dark deep desert distance door England English Eskimo Étretat eyes feel feet fire fjord flowers French gaze Gibraltar give glacier green Greenland hands head hills islands Italy journey Kremlin ladies land light look miles Mont Blanc Montenegrin Moorish morning Moscow mountain never night noble Norway once palace passed peep Pignerol Protestantism railway reached Rephidim river road rock round Russia sail Saxenberg scene scenery seemed seen Serbal ship shore side smoke snow soon Spain St Dalmas St Petersburgh steamer streets summit Sweden things tion told town traveller trees valley village Waldensian walk walls whole wild wind winter women wood wooden young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 310 - And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear ! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going ! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Seite 403 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water : whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished : but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Seite 315 - I was left a trampled orphan, and a selfish uncle's ward. Or to burst all links of habit — there to wander far away, On from island unto island at the gateways of the day. Larger constellations burning, mellow moons and happy skies, Breadths of tropic shade and palms in cluster, knots of Paradise.
Seite 353 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Seite 406 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Seite 405 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your fear cometh ; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and anguish cometh upon you : then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me eai'ly, but they shall not find me...
Seite 136 - As the vessel put out to sea, I kept my eyes upon him for a considerable time, while he remained rolling his majestic frame in his usual manner ; and at last I perceived him walk back into the town, and he disappeared.
Seite 353 - Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
Seite 404 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness : but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Seite 406 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.