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... lands on far slighter grounds , and many a story in Thucydides or Tacitus , or even in Clarendon or Hume , is believed on evidence not one - tenth part so trustworthy as that which supports the narratives of these Icelandic story ...
... lands on far slighter grounds , and many a story in Thucydides or Tacitus , or even in Clarendon or Hume , is believed on evidence not one - tenth part so trustworthy as that which supports the narratives of these Icelandic story ...
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... land of Bjarnaflag . In the same year , an eruption of Leirhnukr ; and also of Skeitharár jökull , west of the Oræfa . That of Leirhnukr lasted till 1729 . 1727. Second eruption of Skeitharár jökull , and the fifth from Oræfa jökull ...
... land of Bjarnaflag . In the same year , an eruption of Leirhnukr ; and also of Skeitharár jökull , west of the Oræfa . That of Leirhnukr lasted till 1729 . 1727. Second eruption of Skeitharár jökull , and the fifth from Oræfa jökull ...
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... land under foot . The earth gapes and pours forth a flood of fire or casts up scorise , where meadows had previously existed . Such eruptions took place near Myvatn , in 1725 , and at Thing- vellir , in 1587 . Lava and obsidian . Surtur ...
... land under foot . The earth gapes and pours forth a flood of fire or casts up scorise , where meadows had previously existed . Such eruptions took place near Myvatn , in 1725 , and at Thing- vellir , in 1587 . Lava and obsidian . Surtur ...
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... land between precipitous mountains , whose tops are snow - covered , or continually veiled in mist , which the sea - breeze brings up with it . The noblest of these is the Isa - fjord in the north - western peninsula , fifty - two miles ...
... land between precipitous mountains , whose tops are snow - covered , or continually veiled in mist , which the sea - breeze brings up with it . The noblest of these is the Isa - fjord in the north - western peninsula , fifty - two miles ...
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... land rendered impassable , where the labour of a few weeks would give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an amazing depth of rich soil , the wear of volcanic rock , abounding in ...
... land rendered impassable , where the labour of a few weeks would give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an amazing depth of rich soil , the wear of volcanic rock , abounding in ...
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