The Pilgrim of ScandinaviaS. Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 - 219 pages |
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... on deck , this first appearance of the coast to be superior to any thing he had seen previously , surpassing even that view of the Alps upon the Continent from the Cathedral of Milan , owing to the sea CHAP . I. ] 5 ICELAND .
... on deck , this first appearance of the coast to be superior to any thing he had seen previously , surpassing even that view of the Alps upon the Continent from the Cathedral of Milan , owing to the sea CHAP . I. ] 5 ICELAND .
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... appearance of the group , as seen from the main- land , is a mere cluster of isolated crags and dark cliffs , perpetually whitened by the spray , and as if they had formerly been in one mass , but by some earthquake had since fallen ...
... appearance of the group , as seen from the main- land , is a mere cluster of isolated crags and dark cliffs , perpetually whitened by the spray , and as if they had formerly been in one mass , but by some earthquake had since fallen ...
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... appeared to be chiefly of the poorer class , but joined famously in all the music and responses , most of which is the same as in the churches of Copenhagen , or wherever the Lutheran religion has spread ; but some of the Icelandic ...
... appeared to be chiefly of the poorer class , but joined famously in all the music and responses , most of which is the same as in the churches of Copenhagen , or wherever the Lutheran religion has spread ; but some of the Icelandic ...
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... appeared so totally distinct ( of all their foreign songs ) as a piece they had from Finland , sung one day by a party with the Governor of Iceland at the Geysers in the desert , by his guides and mine , called in the language of ...
... appeared so totally distinct ( of all their foreign songs ) as a piece they had from Finland , sung one day by a party with the Governor of Iceland at the Geysers in the desert , by his guides and mine , called in the language of ...
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... appearance of prosperity , and was enlivened by the sight of people getting in their hay ; this " hay time ” is their harvest , the one great crop of the country , in which their wealth consists . It may be as well to mention the name ...
... appearance of prosperity , and was enlivened by the sight of people getting in their hay ; this " hay time ” is their harvest , the one great crop of the country , in which their wealth consists . It may be as well to mention the name ...
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able ancient appeared arrived became began Bergen boat built called church close coast coming considerable continued course crossed custom Danish deep Denmark described direction distance early earth entered face feel feet fire Fjord four give given Gudmundr half hand head hear height hope horses Iceland island keep kind king lake land language late leave less light live look Majesty miles morning mountains natural never night Norway Norwegian once pass past piece possible present Prince region Reikjavik reindeer rest rising river rock round sail season seen sent ship shore side sight snow soon spread stone taken took traveller Trondhjem turned wanted whole wind winter
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Page 129 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Page 32 - Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost, Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 51 - Silver-flashing Surges of San Salvador; From the tumbling surf, that buries The Orkneyan skerries, Answering the hoarse Hebrides; And from wrecks of ships, and drifting Spars, uplifting On the desolate, rainy seas, — Ever drifting, drifting, drifting On the shifting Currents of the restless main; Till in sheltered coves, and reaches Of sandy beaches, All have found repose again.
Page 132 - Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast ; The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused like a frighted steed.
Page 180 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and...
Page 120 - Such as gleam in ancient lore ; And the singing of the sailors, And the answer from the shore ! Most of all, the Spanish ballad Haunts me oft, and tarries long, Of the noble Count Arnaldos And the sailor's mystic song. Like the long waves on a sea-beach...
Page 182 - Huntsman, rest! thy chase is done, While our slumbrous spells assail ye, Dream not with the rising sun, Bugles here shall sound reveille. Sleep ! the deer is in his den ; Sleep! thy hounds are by thee lying; Sleep ! nor dream in yonder glen, How thy gallant steed lay dying. Huntsman, rest ! thy chase is done, Think not of the rising sun, For at dawning to assail ye, Here no bugles sound reveille.
Page 180 - With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar, — if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so ; and to add to this virtue, so worthy of the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank...
Page 43 - In the foreground was a group of silent peasant girls leaning over the parapet of a little bridge, and looking, now up at the sky, now down into the water; in the distance, a deep bell; the shade of approaching night on everything.
Page 98 - Iceland moss, in the uninhabited parts of the country.. They have, generally, a man or two with them: and the few weeks they spend in this employment in the desert, are regarded as the happiest of the whole year. They live in tents, which they remove from place to place, according to the greater or less abundance of the moss.