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... stream appears to have flowed down Bârdardal , along the western margin of the same river , from some volcano in the interior . A considerable stretch of melted substances is also met with to the north - east of Hu- savik ; and on the ...
... stream appears to have flowed down Bârdardal , along the western margin of the same river , from some volcano in the interior . A considerable stretch of melted substances is also met with to the north - east of Hu- savik ; and on the ...
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... stream of very ca- vernous lava , which has flowed from Bald Yökul , and extends to the northern margin of the ... streams are the Borgarhraun , Barnaborgshraun , Budahraun , Berserkiahraun , and those in the vicinity of Kolbeinstad ...
... stream of very ca- vernous lava , which has flowed from Bald Yökul , and extends to the northern margin of the ... streams are the Borgarhraun , Barnaborgshraun , Budahraun , Berserkiahraun , and those in the vicinity of Kolbeinstad ...
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... stream of lava juts forward between the Markarfliot and a fertile tract called Thorsmark ; another large torrent has inundated the extensive plain be- tween Myrdal and Thyckvabæ Abbey ; in the divisions of Sida and Fliotshverfi we meet ...
... stream of lava juts forward between the Markarfliot and a fertile tract called Thorsmark ; another large torrent has inundated the extensive plain be- tween Myrdal and Thyckvabæ Abbey ; in the divisions of Sida and Fliotshverfi we meet ...
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... streams of lava in the midst of which the assembly was held , and which had visibly flowed long before the island was inhabited , he pointedly asked them , " At what then were the gods angry , at the period when the very lava on which ...
... streams of lava in the midst of which the assembly was held , and which had visibly flowed long before the island was inhabited , he pointedly asked them , " At what then were the gods angry , at the period when the very lava on which ...
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... stream of lava to Hafnarfiord , which is situated on the north side of the bay of the same name , and near its termination . Just before coming to the har- bour , as we were scrambling over the sharp crusts of the broken bubbles of lava ...
... stream of lava to Hafnarfiord , which is situated on the north side of the bay of the same name , and near its termination . Just before coming to the har- bour , as we were scrambling over the sharp crusts of the broken bubbles of lava ...
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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?