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... called Klofa Yökul , in the eastern quarter of the island . It lies behind the Yökuls and other mountains which line the south - east coast , and forms , with little or no interruption , a vast chain of ice and snow moun- tains , which ...
... called Klofa Yökul , in the eastern quarter of the island . It lies behind the Yökuls and other mountains which line the south - east coast , and forms , with little or no interruption , a vast chain of ice and snow moun- tains , which ...
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... called the Black - Death , which raged here in the fifteenth century , and carried off nearly two - thirds of the inhabitants . Many are of opinion that grain might still be raised in Iceland ; but the natives are more partial to the ...
... called the Black - Death , which raged here in the fifteenth century , and carried off nearly two - thirds of the inhabitants . Many are of opinion that grain might still be raised in Iceland ; but the natives are more partial to the ...
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... called it Gardarsholm , or the Island of Gardar . Having entered the bay , afterwards named Skialfandafiord , he landed on its eastern shore , where he erected a habitation , and spent the winter , but returned the following spring to ...
... called it Gardarsholm , or the Island of Gardar . Having entered the bay , afterwards named Skialfandafiord , he landed on its eastern shore , where he erected a habitation , and spent the winter , but returned the following spring to ...
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... called Hrepps , consisting of the families which lived contiguous to each other , 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 ...
... called Hrepps , consisting of the families which lived contiguous to each other , 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 ...
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... called Jonsbok was adopted , and this code still obtains in most instances in Iceland . The existence and constitution of the Icelandic republic exhibit an interesting phenomenon in the history of man . We here behold a number of free ...
... called Jonsbok was adopted , and this code still obtains in most instances in Iceland . The existence and constitution of the Icelandic republic exhibit an interesting phenomenon in the history of man . We here behold a number of free ...
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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?