Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont, in the Year MDCCCXXIII: And Researches Among the Vaudois, Or WaldensesC. and J. Rivington, 1826 - 297 pages |
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Page xiv
... expressed her regret , that from several untoward circumstances , she was not able to make more than five sketches in the Vaudois country . The letter in which this gratifying proffer was communicated , contained an observa- tion ...
... expressed her regret , that from several untoward circumstances , she was not able to make more than five sketches in the Vaudois country . The letter in which this gratifying proffer was communicated , contained an observa- tion ...
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... expression in her face that can be imagined . It was one of those lovely counte- nances , so exquisitely indicative of amiability and goodness , as to rivet the attention , and to force you to become a con- vert to Lavater . We read the ...
... expression in her face that can be imagined . It was one of those lovely counte- nances , so exquisitely indicative of amiability and goodness , as to rivet the attention , and to force you to become a con- vert to Lavater . We read the ...
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... expressed with all the warmth and sincerity of one , whose kindly feelings had not yet been chilled by years or sufferings and the manner in which it was delivered , dis- played a knowledge of the world , and a fine tact of good ...
... expressed with all the warmth and sincerity of one , whose kindly feelings had not yet been chilled by years or sufferings and the manner in which it was delivered , dis- played a knowledge of the world , and a fine tact of good ...
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... expressed his hope that he might live long enough to see it : Oh mihi tam longæ maneat pars ultima vitæ , Spiritus , et quantum sat erit tua dicere facta “ ! When I asked some question upon the subject of the lands , which were ...
... expressed his hope that he might live long enough to see it : Oh mihi tam longæ maneat pars ultima vitæ , Spiritus , et quantum sat erit tua dicere facta “ ! When I asked some question upon the subject of the lands , which were ...
Page 73
... expressed much regret that he could no longer display the folios , and curi- ous old manuscripts that had been handed down to him . I asked what had become of them . " They have been sold , " he replied , with considerable emotion : for ...
... expressed much regret that he could no longer display the folios , and curi- ous old manuscripts that had been handed down to him . I asked what had become of them . " They have been sold , " he replied , with considerable emotion : for ...
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Alpine Alps ancient Angrogna Answ APPENDIX army Arnaud atque Bert Bishop Bobbio character Christ Christian clergy Clusone commanded Cottian Alps Count Wratislaw Cromwell doctrine Duke of Savoy edict enemy England faith favour French hath Henri Arnaud holy honour hundred inhabitants King of France King of Sardinia late Leger letter Lord Lyons majesty ment ministers Morland Mount Cenis mountains never obliged occasion parish passed pastor Pelice pension Perosa persecution persons Peter Waldo Peyrani Pianezza Piemontese Pignerol Pinerolo Pomaretto poor Popish Prali prayer present prince Protestant qu'il received religion road rock Roman Catholic Rora royal highness San Giovanni San Martino scenery Second Edition seen shew snow spot subjects suffered thing three valleys tion took Torre torrent troops Turin vale Vallées valley of Luzerna valleys of Piemont Vaudois Vertu vestra Victor Amadeus village Villaro Waldenses Waldensian church
Popular passages
Page lxxii - 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?
Page 212 - 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 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 238 - 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 147 - 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 238 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 146 - 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 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 134 - ... la nature semblait encore prendre plaisir à s'y mettre en opposition avec elle-même, tant on la trouvait différente en un même lieu sous divers aspects. Au levant les fleurs du printemps, au midi les fruits de l'automne, au nord les glaces de l'hiver...
Page 238 - 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.