Peeps at foreign countries, by the ed. [N. Macleod] and contributions to Good words etc1871 |
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... wall above wall for miles together . The road , in ascending the Col di Tenda , which is beyond St Dalmas , makes no fewer than eighty- two turns ; and it is amusing to watch the curious posi- tions into which the surrounding mountains ...
... wall above wall for miles together . The road , in ascending the Col di Tenda , which is beyond St Dalmas , makes no fewer than eighty- two turns ; and it is amusing to watch the curious posi- tions into which the surrounding mountains ...
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... walls ; so that it is not easy to believe it is the same country one is looking at in the two cases . By the way , it may be not amiss to state , for the benefit of future travellers in such regions , that persons of moderate weight ...
... walls ; so that it is not easy to believe it is the same country one is looking at in the two cases . By the way , it may be not amiss to state , for the benefit of future travellers in such regions , that persons of moderate weight ...
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... walls and ceilings of this old convent are , like all houses in Italy , however humble , ornamented with frescoes tolerably executed . So com- mon is the talent for this kind of work , and so cheap a luxury is it , that we were informed ...
... walls and ceilings of this old convent are , like all houses in Italy , however humble , ornamented with frescoes tolerably executed . So com- mon is the talent for this kind of work , and so cheap a luxury is it , that we were informed ...
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... wall , starting from such a height , and sinking plump - down out of sight in the narrow valley , the bottom of which I could not see , fronted me like the stare of a nameless dismay . I strove against it , and not without success ...
... wall , starting from such a height , and sinking plump - down out of sight in the narrow valley , the bottom of which I could not see , fronted me like the stare of a nameless dismay . I strove against it , and not without success ...
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Peeps. heart can desire , up to the foot of an absolute wall of rock , over which in parts look the snow - peaks from afar ; and yet they are so near that they are as part of the furniture of your house . If you saw the grass in a ...
Peeps. heart can desire , up to the foot of an absolute wall of rock , over which in parts look the snow - peaks from afar ; and yet they are so near that they are as part of the furniture of your house . If you saw the grass in a ...
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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.