Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber: Or, The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice and KnowledgeShepherd & Elliot, 1856 - 455 pages |
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... face of the eternal Alps , as the clouds now veil , now reveal , their never - trodden snows . You shall cross the Lagunes , and see the winged lion of St Mark soaring serenely amid the bright domes and the ever calm seas of Venice ...
... face of the eternal Alps , as the clouds now veil , now reveal , their never - trodden snows . You shall cross the Lagunes , and see the winged lion of St Mark soaring serenely amid the bright domes and the ever calm seas of Venice ...
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... face , and ending in an opening no bigger than a pigeon - hole . We slowly climbed this road , —for road it was ; and when we came to the diminutive opening we had seen from the valley below OF ROMANISM IN ITALY . 13.
... face , and ending in an opening no bigger than a pigeon - hole . We slowly climbed this road , —for road it was ; and when we came to the diminutive opening we had seen from the valley below OF ROMANISM IN ITALY . 13.
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... face of the Savoyard , as he sits listlessly under the broad easings of his cottage roof . Anon the evening came , walking noiselessly upon the moun- tains , and shedding on the spirit a not unpleasant melancholy . The Alps seemed to ...
... face of the Savoyard , as he sits listlessly under the broad easings of his cottage roof . Anon the evening came , walking noiselessly upon the moun- tains , and shedding on the spirit a not unpleasant melancholy . The Alps seemed to ...
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... face of the mountain . At certain points the rock is perforated ; at others it is hewn into terraces ; and at others ... faces , and black fiery eyes of the natives , ―all tell you that it is a new world into which you have entered ...
... face of the mountain . At certain points the rock is perforated ; at others it is hewn into terraces ; and at others ... faces , and black fiery eyes of the natives , ―all tell you that it is a new world into which you have entered ...
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... face was drawn a thin cloth , through which the features could be seen not indistinctly . about old Egypt . Perhaps this man has seen Joseph , or talk- ed with Jacob , or witnessed the wonders of the exodus . Come , tell me your name or ...
... face was drawn a thin cloth , through which the features could be seen not indistinctly . about old Egypt . Perhaps this man has seen Joseph , or talk- ed with Jacob , or witnessed the wonders of the exodus . Come , tell me your name or ...
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ages Alps amid ancient Apennines arch of Titus Arco della Pace Austrian beauty beneath betwixt Bible Bologna Cæsars Campagna Cathedral century Christianity Church Civita Vecchia cloud dark diligence dungeons earth entered eternal Europe feet Ferrara Florence gate glory grandeur hand hills hour hundred infallible Italian Italy labour land liberty light living Lombardy look marble mass ment mighty Milan miles monks Monte Viso mountains nations never night noble palace Papacy Papal passed passport piazza Piedmont Pio Nono plain Pontifical Government Pope Pope's postilion priests prison Protestantism Reformation religion rich rise road Roman Rome round ruin Sabbath scene seemed seen shadow side silent stands stood streets summit temple things thousand Tiber tion torrents town trade tribunal truth Turin Tuscan valley Vaudois Venice village vine Waldenses Waldensian walls worship
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Page 84 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 334 - The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 335 - Who have for my life laid down their own necks : unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Page 301 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Page 336 - Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Page 364 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 298 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 329 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 58 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 55 - For the strength of the hills we bless Thee, our God, our fathers