IcelandWaugh and Innes, 1819 - 576 pages |
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... surface such a number of ignivomous moun- tains , so many boiling springs , or such immense tracts of lava , as here arrest the attention of the traveller . The ge- neral aspect of the country is the most rugged and dreary imaginable ...
... surface such a number of ignivomous moun- tains , so many boiling springs , or such immense tracts of lava , as here arrest the attention of the traveller . The ge- neral aspect of the country is the most rugged and dreary imaginable ...
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... surface . Here the Odâda Hraun or " Horrible Lava " begins , and extends to a great distance towards the south and west . It is described as the wildest and most hideous tract on the whole island . Its surface is extremely rugged ...
... surface . Here the Odâda Hraun or " Horrible Lava " begins , and extends to a great distance towards the south and west . It is described as the wildest and most hideous tract on the whole island . Its surface is extremely rugged ...
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... surface of the ground , it is impossible to enter any of the caverns , on account of the sulphureous smell which they emit . The Faxe Fiord abounds with lava ; and the fishermen frequently find beds of it alter- nating with sand - banks ...
... surface of the ground , it is impossible to enter any of the caverns , on account of the sulphureous smell which they emit . The Faxe Fiord abounds with lava ; and the fishermen frequently find beds of it alter- nating with sand - banks ...
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... surface . To these mountains the natives give the name of Yökuls , which signify large masses of ice . They have ge nerally terreous and rocky mountains for their basis ; and , in many places , exhibit magnificent glaciers , which com ...
... surface . To these mountains the natives give the name of Yökuls , which signify large masses of ice . They have ge nerally terreous and rocky mountains for their basis ; and , in many places , exhibit magnificent glaciers , which com ...
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... surface discovered but scanty traces of vegetation , we entered a fine valley , the grass of which , though coarse , was nearly two feet in length . The nume- rous peaked mountains to the left , and the yellowish volca- nic cones at ...
... surface discovered but scanty traces of vegetation , we entered a fine valley , the grass of which , though coarse , was nearly two feet in length . The nume- rous peaked mountains to the left , and the yellowish volca- nic cones at ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 114 - There cometh One mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Page 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?