IcelandWaugh and Innes, 1819 - 576 sivua |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 98
Sivu xii
... tion --- Bessastad School --- Solitude of Winter --- Tone of Society at Reykia- 273 --- 290 vik . .... CHAP . X. --- Journey through the Syssels of Borgarfiord , Myrar , Hnappadal , and Snæfells- ness --- Innrahohm --- Leyrâ ...
... tion --- Bessastad School --- Solitude of Winter --- Tone of Society at Reykia- 273 --- 290 vik . .... CHAP . X. --- Journey through the Syssels of Borgarfiord , Myrar , Hnappadal , and Snæfells- ness --- Innrahohm --- Leyrâ ...
Sivu 2
... tion . The most extensive fields are those in the volcanic re- gions around Myvatn . The northern and eastern shores of that lake are completely covered with lava ; it abounds with islands consisting of the same substance ; and a ...
... tion . The most extensive fields are those in the volcanic re- gions around Myvatn . The northern and eastern shores of that lake are completely covered with lava ; it abounds with islands consisting of the same substance ; and a ...
Sivu 7
... tion of Iceland to be relied upon as authentic , is that con- tained in the Landnâmabok , or the Book of Occupation ; a work which enters with the greatest minuteness into the cir- cumstances and transactions of the original settlers ...
... tion of Iceland to be relied upon as authentic , is that con- tained in the Landnâmabok , or the Book of Occupation ; a work which enters with the greatest minuteness into the cir- cumstances and transactions of the original settlers ...
Sivu 12
... tion , in each of which a chief magistrate was elected by the free suffrage of the people , whose office very much resembled that of the Godi before described , only his jurisdiction was much more extensive . Each quarter was subdivided ...
... tion , in each of which a chief magistrate was elected by the free suffrage of the people , whose office very much resembled that of the Godi before described , only his jurisdiction was much more extensive . Each quarter was subdivided ...
Sivu 26
... deities , were now received by the northern nations , and had altars and temples erected for the celebra- tion of their worship . But the veneration paid to Thor , does not appear to have been in any degree diminished 26 INTRODUCTION .
... deities , were now received by the northern nations , and had altars and temples erected for the celebra- tion of their worship . But the veneration paid to Thor , does not appear to have been in any degree diminished 26 INTRODUCTION .
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Iceland: Or, the Journal of a Residence in That Island, During the Years ... Ebenezer Henderson Esikatselu ei käytettävissä - 2015 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Althing ancient appearance arrived ascended basaltic bason beautiful Bible Society Bishop Bishop of Skalholt boiling breadth called chasms church clergyman coast considerable consists Copenhagen copies covered crater Danish Dean descended distance east eruption farm feet formed Geyser grass Greenland ground height Hekla hills Holum Hörgá horses hot springs hour houses ice mountain Iceland Icelandic horses immense inhabitants island jets Jonson journey lake lava leprosy miles morning moun mountains natives nearly northern o'clock Olafsen owing parish pass peasant plain possession precipitous present proceeded pumice quantity reached Reykiavik river rix-dollars road rocks sand scarcely Scriptures servant side Sira Jon situated Skalholt Snæfell snow stones stream of lava Styr sulphur summit surface Syssel Sysselman tain tent Testament Thor thrown tion tract traveller tuffa valley Vestmanna vicinity volcano whole winter Yökul
Suositut otteet
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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?
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 114 - There cometh One mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Sivu 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?