Peeps at foreign countries, by the ed. [N. Macleod] and contributions to Good words etc1871 |
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... land , stretch the great white cliffs and precipices , fringed with grass and moss of exquisite hues . Passing close under those cliffs at low tide , standing upon a rocky pavement covered with many - coloured verdure , you find ...
... land , stretch the great white cliffs and precipices , fringed with grass and moss of exquisite hues . Passing close under those cliffs at low tide , standing upon a rocky pavement covered with many - coloured verdure , you find ...
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... land . " Saved by a miracle , she kept her word , and erected " L'Eglise de Notre Dame , " not here , in the Petit Val , but somewhere within easier reach of the sailors and fishermen . For the story goes , that the devil , disgusted at ...
... land . " Saved by a miracle , she kept her word , and erected " L'Eglise de Notre Dame , " not here , in the Petit Val , but somewhere within easier reach of the sailors and fishermen . For the story goes , that the devil , disgusted at ...
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... land , and many of them so lofty and inaccessible , and even so dangerous to approach . But they and their donkeys have learned to do marvels in the way of climbing ; and hunger is a powerful stimulant to industry , daring , and ...
... land , and many of them so lofty and inaccessible , and even so dangerous to approach . But they and their donkeys have learned to do marvels in the way of climbing ; and hunger is a powerful stimulant to industry , daring , and ...
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... land of enchant- ment and fear lay there , but could see nothing , although through the mist might come the prolonged roll of the avalanche falling , far off , down the slopes and steeps of the Jungfrau . This might happen twenty times ...
... land of enchant- ment and fear lay there , but could see nothing , although through the mist might come the prolonged roll of the avalanche falling , far off , down the slopes and steeps of the Jungfrau . This might happen twenty times ...
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... land again . I am not sure that they weren't too much for me , always so high , and so rugged , and so lonely . It certainly was a pleasure to see the horizon far off again . They didn't leave me room enough , perhaps . But I cannot ...
... land again . I am not sure that they weren't too much for me , always so high , and so rugged , and so lonely . It certainly was a pleasure to see the horizon far off again . They didn't leave me room enough , perhaps . But I cannot ...
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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
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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.