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Page xxvii
... person who has been near the chasm is an Icelandic priest , Jón Austman , who ascended the mountain in 1823. He describes it as quite inaccessible , all Morasses . Caves . Erratic progress being stopped by enormous INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... person who has been near the chasm is an Icelandic priest , Jón Austman , who ascended the mountain in 1823. He describes it as quite inaccessible , all Morasses . Caves . Erratic progress being stopped by enormous INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
Page xxxiv
... priests is small , but they borrow of each other and copy the volumes lent them . Their libraries consist generally of Sagas . The following is a catalogue of the books belonging to a farmer in the Vatnsdal : - 1. Bible . 2. Prayerbook ...
... priests is small , but they borrow of each other and copy the volumes lent them . Their libraries consist generally of Sagas . The following is a catalogue of the books belonging to a farmer in the Vatnsdal : - 1. Bible . 2. Prayerbook ...
Page xxxix
... priests who had visited the remote island of Thule , that it lay far away in the north , and that between it and Britain was a cluster of islets ( evidently the Faroes ) , some only separated by narrow straits ; that these islets were ...
... priests who had visited the remote island of Thule , that it lay far away in the north , and that between it and Britain was a cluster of islets ( evidently the Faroes ) , some only separated by narrow straits ; that these islets were ...
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... priest of Miklibær . He was early sent to school at Copenhagen , where , whilst quite a child , he got into a little trouble , was arrested by the police and conveyed to the guard - house , but dismissed with a repri- mand . At the age ...
... priest of Miklibær . He was early sent to school at Copenhagen , where , whilst quite a child , he got into a little trouble , was arrested by the police and conveyed to the guard - house , but dismissed with a repri- mand . At the age ...
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... priest of Mosfell had some with figures of the Madonna on them , indicating a date prior to the Reformation . Many families have silver spoons ; I have seen a spoon with the date 1520 engraved on it ; but none are remarkable for their ...
... priest of Mosfell had some with figures of the Madonna on them , indicating a date prior to the Reformation . Many families have silver spoons ; I have seen a spoon with the date 1520 engraved on it ; but none are remarkable for their ...
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