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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... hour of vespers , to aisled cathedrals , which were ages a - building , and the erec- tion of which swallowed up the revenues of provinces , -beneath whose roof , ample enough to cover thousands and tens of thousands , you may see a ...
... hour of vespers , to aisled cathedrals , which were ages a - building , and the erec- tion of which swallowed up the revenues of provinces , -beneath whose roof , ample enough to cover thousands and tens of thousands , you may see a ...
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... hour or so after , I would again wake up ; still the identical picture was there . I could not persuade myself that the diligence had moved from the spot , despite the rumbling of its wheels and the jingling of the horses ' bells . All ...
... hour or so after , I would again wake up ; still the identical picture was there . I could not persuade myself that the diligence had moved from the spot , despite the rumbling of its wheels and the jingling of the horses ' bells . All ...
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... hour . But mark ! what glory is this which begins to burn upon the crest of the snowy Alps ? First there comes a flood of rosy light , and then a deep bright crimson , like the ruby's flash or the sapphire's blaze , and then a circlet ...
... hour . But mark ! what glory is this which begins to burn upon the crest of the snowy Alps ? First there comes a flood of rosy light , and then a deep bright crimson , like the ruby's flash or the sapphire's blaze , and then a circlet ...
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... hours wore away ; and so delighted were we with the novelty of our position , -climbing the summits of the Alps at midnight , —that they seemed but so many minutes . Ere we were aware , the night was past , and the dawn came upon us ...
... hours wore away ; and so delighted were we with the novelty of our position , -climbing the summits of the Alps at midnight , —that they seemed but so many minutes . Ere we were aware , the night was past , and the dawn came upon us ...
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... hours ' riding , the descent is accomplished . The scene has changed in the twinkling of an eye . The plain is as level as a floor . The warm sun , —the brilliant sky , —the luxuriant vines , -the handsome architecture , -the ...
... hours ' riding , the descent is accomplished . The scene has changed in the twinkling of an eye . The plain is as level as a floor . The warm sun , —the brilliant sky , —the luxuriant vines , -the handsome architecture , -the ...
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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