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... Rock .... Bridge River 499 502 Shepherd and Family . The Strokhr Side - saddle Great Geyser and Receiver ... Strokhr and Receiver 506 516 519 525 525 " Oh - o - o - ah ! " ... 529 The English Party . 533 Interior of Icelandic Hut ...
... Rock .... Bridge River 499 502 Shepherd and Family . The Strokhr Side - saddle Great Geyser and Receiver ... Strokhr and Receiver 506 516 519 525 525 " Oh - o - o - ah ! " ... 529 The English Party . 533 Interior of Icelandic Hut ...
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... rock overhung with moss and fern . Rustic cottages , half hidden by the luxuriant foliage , crowned each prominent eminence , and little by- ways branched off into cool , umbrageous recesses , where caves , glittering with sea - shells ...
... rock overhung with moss and fern . Rustic cottages , half hidden by the luxuriant foliage , crowned each prominent eminence , and little by- ways branched off into cool , umbrageous recesses , where caves , glittering with sea - shells ...
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... Rock - plunges that dangerous weapon into the bowels of the dead bear ; then rising to his full height , with a dark and stern countenance , he holds the blood - dripping blade high in the air , so that all may see it , and utters one ...
... Rock - plunges that dangerous weapon into the bowels of the dead bear ; then rising to his full height , with a dark and stern countenance , he holds the blood - dripping blade high in the air , so that all may see it , and utters one ...
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... Rock of Gibraltar or an iceberg to oblige you ; therefore , with your per- mission , I shall proceed to give you , in my next , a reli- able description of the Kremlin . CHAPTER XIV . THE KREMLIN . Nor the least of the evils resulting ...
... Rock of Gibraltar or an iceberg to oblige you ; therefore , with your per- mission , I shall proceed to give you , in my next , a reli- able description of the Kremlin . CHAPTER XIV . THE KREMLIN . Nor the least of the evils resulting ...
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... rock rise from the water in every direction , leaving deep narrow passages between for vessels . Every rock is a ... rocks seemed to be alive with sentinels and to bus- tle with armories . Probably there is no part of the Russian ...
... rock rise from the water in every direction , leaving deep narrow passages between for vessels . Every rock is a ... rocks seemed to be alive with sentinels and to bus- tle with armories . Probably there is no part of the Russian ...
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Amtmand beautiful body California camarilla cariole Christiania churches civilization course crowd Czar dashing desolate despotic Dominico Dovre drink drosky earth emperor enjoy Europe eyes face Faroe Islands feet fish gardens gentleman German Geysers glittering glowing grand Gulf of Bothnia Gulf of Finland hand Hans Christian Andersen head horses houses human hundred Iceland imperial intelligence islands journey kind kopecks Kremlin labor lady lake land lava Lillehammer live Lögberg looked luxury ment miles Moscow mountains natural never night Norway Norwegian palaces passed passengers Petersburg pile pleasant present pretty Reykjavik road rocks rugged Russian scarcely scene schnapps seemed seen serfs shores Siberia smoke soon stand station steamer Stockholm strange stranger streets Sweden Swedish thing Thorshavn thought tion traveler ukase valley whirling wild wonderful young Zöega
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Page 341 - O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
Page 17 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 41 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade...
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Page 531 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Page 416 - Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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