Narrative of an excursion to the mountains of Piemont, and researches among the Vaudois, or Waldenses1826 - 295 pages |
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... the writer of a narrative , who brings the relation down to the last year , is taking up ground that has not yet been occupied , unless indeed by an occasional pamphlet . PREFACE . xi My principal object is to make the X PREFACE .
... the writer of a narrative , who brings the relation down to the last year , is taking up ground that has not yet been occupied , unless indeed by an occasional pamphlet . PREFACE . xi My principal object is to make the X PREFACE .
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... object is to make the singular community , which forms the leading subject of this volume , more known to the world , than it has lately been ; and to re - announce , what seems to be almost forgotten , that the race of the old ...
... object is to make the singular community , which forms the leading subject of this volume , more known to the world , than it has lately been ; and to re - announce , what seems to be almost forgotten , that the race of the old ...
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... object which I have in view in the publication of this work , viz . that of bringing the Vaudois under notice ; because it has been the occasion of my hurrying the following pages through the press with greater rapidity , than perhaps ...
... object which I have in view in the publication of this work , viz . that of bringing the Vaudois under notice ; because it has been the occasion of my hurrying the following pages through the press with greater rapidity , than perhaps ...
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... object , however , of M. Peyrani was to request the assistance of the Society in furnishing books for their churches . " It was resolved , in consequence of this letter , that the sum of forty pounds should be granted to M. Peyrani ...
... object , however , of M. Peyrani was to request the assistance of the Society in furnishing books for their churches . " It was resolved , in consequence of this letter , that the sum of forty pounds should be granted to M. Peyrani ...
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... object could be seen from the packet , but the faint sounds of a bell , which were borné on the air from one of the churches in the town , gave us notice to cast anchor , and to wait till it should clear up . It was evening before we ...
... object could be seen from the packet , but the faint sounds of a bell , which were borné on the air from one of the churches in the town , gave us notice to cast anchor , and to wait till it should clear up . It was evening before we ...
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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
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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.