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Strona viii
... present work contains the result of the obser- vations which he made in the course of these journies . Where he went over the same ground with former travellers , he has in a great measure been anticipated by the remarks which they have ...
... present work contains the result of the obser- vations which he made in the course of these journies . Where he went over the same ground with former travellers , he has in a great measure been anticipated by the remarks which they have ...
Strona 1
... present- ed by other islands , which are confessedly of volcanic origin , but gains ground in proportion to the progress of a closer and more accurate investigation of the geological phenomena which every part of it exhibits to the view ...
... present- ed by other islands , which are confessedly of volcanic origin , but gains ground in proportion to the progress of a closer and more accurate investigation of the geological phenomena which every part of it exhibits to the view ...
Strona 5
... present to the eye of the 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 ...
... present to the eye of the 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 ...
Strona 10
... present capital of the island . Nothing contributed more essentially to promote the colonization of Iceland , than the tyranny at that time exer- cised by Harald Harfagra over the inhabitants of Norway . This prince , not contented with ...
... present capital of the island . Nothing contributed more essentially to promote the colonization of Iceland , than the tyranny at that time exer- cised by Harald Harfagra over the inhabitants of Norway . This prince , not contented with ...
Strona 12
... , and generally they were of the size of the present Icelandic parishes ; and over each of these was appointed a Hreppstiori , or bailiff , who had the imme . diate inspection of his own bailiwick , and whose office 12 INTRODUCTION .
... , and generally they were of the size of the present Icelandic parishes ; and over each of these was appointed a Hreppstiori , or bailiff , who had the imme . diate inspection of his own bailiwick , and whose office 12 INTRODUCTION .
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Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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?
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 114 - There cometh One mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Strona 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?