Wanderings and Musings in the Valleys of the WaldensesNisbet, 1858 - 389 páginas |
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... cliffs , and the tumultuous glacier rolling its frozen billows for ever downwards from yonder naked peaks , yet never able to advance , and chafing perpetually in impotent fury against the invisible power that holds it back from ...
... cliffs , and the tumultuous glacier rolling its frozen billows for ever downwards from yonder naked peaks , yet never able to advance , and chafing perpetually in impotent fury against the invisible power that holds it back from ...
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... and to the imagination . The travel- ler when he approaches them , starts back , afraid to venture within a shadow so dismal . But for- ward he must . The tall cliffs of difficulties wall him in ; step aside he cannot , turn back.
... and to the imagination . The travel- ler when he approaches them , starts back , afraid to venture within a shadow so dismal . But for- ward he must . The tall cliffs of difficulties wall him in ; step aside he cannot , turn back.
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... cliff , the pine forest with its solemn gloom , and the torrent with its thundering dash , are now all be- neath us . Already , almost , have we forgotten these terrors . This peaceful scene , how it cheats us into the belief that what ...
... cliff , the pine forest with its solemn gloom , and the torrent with its thundering dash , are now all be- neath us . Already , almost , have we forgotten these terrors . This peaceful scene , how it cheats us into the belief that what ...
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... cliffs lean fearfully , and pine - forests project their solemn shadows , and the torrent makes re - echo with its roar . You wind and climb , expecting that the next turn- ing , or the next reach of the ascent , will land you on the ...
... cliffs lean fearfully , and pine - forests project their solemn shadows , and the torrent makes re - echo with its roar . You wind and climb , expecting that the next turn- ing , or the next reach of the ascent , will land you on the ...
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... its thunder among the hills with ceaseless shouting and never - ending uproar . But here , how soft its flow ! You are aware of its presence only by its silvery gleam in the ravine , as you cliffs . wind your way beneath.
... its thunder among the hills with ceaseless shouting and never - ending uproar . But here , how soft its flow ! You are aware of its presence only by its silvery gleam in the ravine , as you cliffs . wind your way beneath.
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Alps amid Angrogna Apennines army ascended Balsile beauty beneath betwixt blood Bobbio bottom Bricherasio Castelluzzo centuries châlets chestnut Church cliffs climb clouds Clusone Cottian Alps crags dark dark peaks deep defile descend Dr Revel earth enemies eternal fathers feet flowers gleam glorious glory gorge grandeur green heaven height Henri Arnaud herdsmen hills House of Savoy hundred Italy Janavel land liberty look massacre meadows mighty mist Mont Blanc Monte Viso morning moun mountain noble pass pastor path peaks peasants Pelice Perosa Peter Waldo Pianezza Piedmont Piedmontese Pignerollo plain of Piedmont Pomaret Prali precipices ravine rises rock rolling Rome rose Samuel Morland Savoy scene seen shadows shew side slopes snows soldiers spot stand stood sublime summit tain temple thunder Torre torrent towering traversed trees Turin vale Valley of Luserna Valley of Rora Vaudois village Villaro vine Waldenses Waldensian wall
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Página 364 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 382 - And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Página 238 - God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance ; thy holy temple have they defiled ; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Página 245 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Página 109 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Página 187 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall, he corrupt by flatteries ; but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Página 238 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Página 238 - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Página 144 - As thou these ashes, little Brook ! wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main Ocean they, this deed accurst An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold Teacher's Doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.
Página 259 - While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.