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... Piedmont , a country which derives its name from its situation at the foot of the Alps , the highest mountains of Europe . Many works have been written by their own country- men , and also by foreigners , giving accounts of their ...
... Piedmont , a country which derives its name from its situation at the foot of the Alps , the highest mountains of Europe . Many works have been written by their own country- men , and also by foreigners , giving accounts of their ...
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... Piedmont is a plentiful dairy ; where the curl- ing tendrils of the vine bend over the planta- tions of wheat and maize . But the primitive and patriarchal manners of these people are still unchanged . 10 SKETCHES OF.
... Piedmont is a plentiful dairy ; where the curl- ing tendrils of the vine bend over the planta- tions of wheat and maize . But the primitive and patriarchal manners of these people are still unchanged . 10 SKETCHES OF.
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... Piedmont , the other in Narbonese Gaul . Their early existence is as- serted even by their enemies . " The city of Thoulouse , or rather Dolose , " says one of these , " it is affirmed , has never been clear of this detestable ...
... Piedmont , the other in Narbonese Gaul . Their early existence is as- serted even by their enemies . " The city of Thoulouse , or rather Dolose , " says one of these , " it is affirmed , has never been clear of this detestable ...
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... Piedmont ; but , more probably , he was only trained among them . His statements against idolatry are often quoted . Though little remains from the writers of that darkest age , the tenth century , yet some information as to the ...
... Piedmont ; but , more probably , he was only trained among them . His statements against idolatry are often quoted . Though little remains from the writers of that darkest age , the tenth century , yet some information as to the ...
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... Piedmont . " " San Giovanni ( St. John ) would be a little earthly paradise , if it were not besieged by Roman Catholics on the east and south . It is a beautiful vale , embroidered on the south by , verdant meadows , watered by the ...
... Piedmont . " " San Giovanni ( St. John ) would be a little earthly paradise , if it were not besieged by Roman Catholics on the east and south . It is a beautiful vale , embroidered on the south by , verdant meadows , watered by the ...
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Page 31 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Page 190 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 135 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in 'order the things that are t wanting, and 'ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 147 - 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 - 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 28 - We've no abiding city here ; Then let us live as pilgrims do : Let not the world our rest appear, But let us haste from all below. 4 We've no abiding city here...
Page 146 - 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.
Page 173 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 192 - God ! The banner of the chieftain, Far, far below us waves ; The war-horse of the spearman Cannot reach our lofty caves : Thy dark clouds wrap the threshold Of freedom's last abode ; For the strength of the hills we bless thee, Our God, our fathers...
Page 152 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.