Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont, in the Year MDCCCXXIII.: And Researches Among the Vaudois, Or WaldensesC. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 287 pages |
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... troops at the beginning of the Revolutionary war , but they were soon driven from their position , though the first attack , which was made upon Mount Cenis by the French , completely failed . It was attempted to be executed by 1500 men ...
... troops at the beginning of the Revolutionary war , but they were soon driven from their position , though the first attack , which was made upon Mount Cenis by the French , completely failed . It was attempted to be executed by 1500 men ...
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... troops ; for wherever there is a pass that conducts across mountains , there must be intersections , and chains and ridges flanking and crossing each other , and effectually intercepting any distant pros- pect . I have crossed the Alps ...
... troops ; for wherever there is a pass that conducts across mountains , there must be intersections , and chains and ridges flanking and crossing each other , and effectually intercepting any distant pros- pect . I have crossed the Alps ...
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... troops would have the means of subsistence , and the least fatigue . The plains of Chamberry , the valleys of the Isere and the Aouste , and the passes which were traced by following the courses of the Isere and the Doire , offered ...
... troops would have the means of subsistence , and the least fatigue . The plains of Chamberry , the valleys of the Isere and the Aouste , and the passes which were traced by following the courses of the Isere and the Doire , offered ...
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... troops , who filled the nave . Certainly the appeal to the imagination was strong , but it was only to the imagination : a dim mysterious light fell through the stained glass of the arched windows , and mingled strangely with the blaze ...
... troops , who filled the nave . Certainly the appeal to the imagination was strong , but it was only to the imagination : a dim mysterious light fell through the stained glass of the arched windows , and mingled strangely with the blaze ...
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... troops ; and the other , by stealing a march from the recesses at the foot of Mount Viso , where he had been concealed and protected by the Vaudois . They ascended the heights of the Superga toge- ther ; and the transport of the royal ...
... troops ; and the other , by stealing a march from the recesses at the foot of Mount Viso , where he had been concealed and protected by the Vaudois . They ascended the heights of the Superga toge- ther ; and the transport of the royal ...
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Page 236 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 236 - 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...
Page 146 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Page lxxi - 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? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?
Page 145 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Page lxviii - Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Page lxxi - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Page 146 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud ; and their enemies beheld them.
Page 211 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page lix - In like manner, we firmly hold, that there is no other mediator and advocate with God the Father, save only Jesus Christ.