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Page xxvi
... cold water . Some further instances will be adduced in the course of the narrative . Numerous lakes , either single or in groups , are scattered over the surface of the country . The largest are Thingvalla- , My- , and Hvítár - vötn ...
... cold water . Some further instances will be adduced in the course of the narrative . Numerous lakes , either single or in groups , are scattered over the surface of the country . The largest are Thingvalla- , My- , and Hvítár - vötn ...
Page xxviii
... cold morasses . Grass springs on the slight elevations . above the swamps , in the dells , and around the lakes . By drainage , a large percentage of marsh might be reclaimed ; but some must always remain hopeless bog . The ...
... cold morasses . Grass springs on the slight elevations . above the swamps , in the dells , and around the lakes . By drainage , a large percentage of marsh might be reclaimed ; but some must always remain hopeless bog . The ...
Page xxxi
... cold in Europe , and vice versa : an obser- vation probably true in the main , though not borne out by fact in the year 1862 , when I was in the island . The summer was cold throughout Europe , and also in Iceland : however , there was ...
... cold in Europe , and vice versa : an obser- vation probably true in the main , though not borne out by fact in the year 1862 , when I was in the island . The summer was cold throughout Europe , and also in Iceland : however , there was ...
Page 9
... cold and exposure to continue their journey to Drontheim , whither the whole party were bound : after which they left Thorfin , with many thanks for his courtesy and kindness . Grettir , however , remained , not at the request of the ...
... cold and exposure to continue their journey to Drontheim , whither the whole party were bound : after which they left Thorfin , with many thanks for his courtesy and kindness . Grettir , however , remained , not at the request of the ...
Page 19
... cold and loss of blood . The bodies were removed to the shore and buried under a cairn between tides . Then all returned to the farm in high glee , and Grettir chanted the following verse : — " Twelve war - flame branches are buried Low ...
... cold and loss of blood . The bodies were removed to the shore and buried under a cairn between tides . Then all returned to the farm in high glee , and Grettir chanted the following verse : — " Twelve war - flame branches are buried Low ...
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