Peeps at foreign countries, by the ed. [N. Macleod] and contributions to Good words etc1871 |
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... Time was when the river flowed down the centre of this valley ; but it has sunk never to rise again - plunging into the earth at Grainville l'Alonette , in the neighbour- 66 hood of Havre , at a point still marked WINTERING AT ÉTRETAT . 5.
... Time was when the river flowed down the centre of this valley ; but it has sunk never to rise again - plunging into the earth at Grainville l'Alonette , in the neighbour- 66 hood of Havre , at a point still marked WINTERING AT ÉTRETAT . 5.
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... earth . To what cause is to be attributed its sudden disappearance no man can tell , unless he is content to accept the tradition afloat here among the old men . The story runs , that once upon a time there was a mill at Grainville l ...
... earth . To what cause is to be attributed its sudden disappearance no man can tell , unless he is content to accept the tradition afloat here among the old men . The story runs , that once upon a time there was a mill at Grainville l ...
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... earth have yielded , and rolled down ; and ever and anon I hear a low rumbling sound , made by the pieces of rocky soil as they loosen and fall . But here is La Valleuse - a precipitous flight of steps , partly built in on the soft soil ...
... earth have yielded , and rolled down ; and ever and anon I hear a low rumbling sound , made by the pieces of rocky soil as they loosen and fall . But here is La Valleuse - a precipitous flight of steps , partly built in on the soft soil ...
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... earth has just fallen , and small fragments are still rattling down like hail . Close before me , to the right , towers the Needle of Belval — an enormous monolith of chalk , standing at the distance of four furlongs from the cliffs ...
... earth has just fallen , and small fragments are still rattling down like hail . Close before me , to the right , towers the Needle of Belval — an enormous monolith of chalk , standing at the distance of four furlongs from the cliffs ...
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... earth at least to be secured from the possibility of being touched by that scourge of all living things , the east wind . Giandola is remarkable as being the point where one takes leave , without regret , of the mosquitoes . We had much ...
... earth at least to be secured from the possibility of being touched by that scourge of all living things , the east wind . Giandola is remarkable as being the point where one takes leave , without regret , of the mosquitoes . We had much ...
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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.