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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... Morning - Sunrise among the Alps - Descent -Italy . It was wearing late on an evening of early October 1851 when I crossed the Rhone on my way to the Alps . It had rained heavily during the day , and sombre clouds still rested on the ...
... Morning - Sunrise among the Alps - Descent -Italy . It was wearing late on an evening of early October 1851 when I crossed the Rhone on my way to the Alps . It had rained heavily during the day , and sombre clouds still rested on the ...
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... morning found us nearing the mountains . The Alps open upon you by little . One who has never climbed these hills imagines himself standing at their feet , and looking up the long unbroken vista of fields , vineyards , forests , and ...
... morning found us nearing the mountains . The Alps open upon you by little . One who has never climbed these hills imagines himself standing at their feet , and looking up the long unbroken vista of fields , vineyards , forests , and ...
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... morning sun , and relieved against the deep verdure of the mountain , they appeared like stripes of amber , or floating lines of cloud fringed with gold . We began to It was the Mont Cenis route I was traversing , —the least rugged of ...
... morning sun , and relieved against the deep verdure of the mountain , they appeared like stripes of amber , or floating lines of cloud fringed with gold . We began to It was the Mont Cenis route I was traversing , —the least rugged of ...
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... morning's paper as a souvenir ; and on examining it afterwards , I found that the topic of its leading article was quite in the vein of our conversation . The great bulk of the liberal party in Piedmont shared even then the ideas of the ...
... morning's paper as a souvenir ; and on examining it afterwards , I found that the topic of its leading article was quite in the vein of our conversation . The great bulk of the liberal party in Piedmont shared even then the ideas of the ...
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... morning after my arrival , I walked out along the Val Lucerna southward . Flowers and fruit in rich pro- fusion covered every spot of ground under the eye , from the banks of the stream to the skirts of the mist that veiled the ...
... morning after my arrival , I walked out along the Val Lucerna southward . Flowers and fruit in rich pro- fusion covered every spot of ground under the eye , from the banks of the stream to the skirts of the mist that veiled the ...
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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