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Page 26
... it is in the shape of a rude parallelogram , facing the sea on one side , showing its back to the lake on the other ; the other sides rise up the slopes of hills from three to four hundred feet high , the one crowned by a windmill ,
... it is in the shape of a rude parallelogram , facing the sea on one side , showing its back to the lake on the other ; the other sides rise up the slopes of hills from three to four hundred feet high , the one crowned by a windmill ,
Page 34
... hill south of the town , climbed a wall , and came upon the house , without discovering any path leading to or from it . The silver bracelets and brooches of Icelandic manufacture are strikingly like Maltese work , and are , for the ...
... hill south of the town , climbed a wall , and came upon the house , without discovering any path leading to or from it . The silver bracelets and brooches of Icelandic manufacture are strikingly like Maltese work , and are , for the ...
Page 43
... hill , and our pace was brought to a jog - trot in conformity with that of the sumpter animals . We were a merry party , making as much noise as boys breaking loose from school . The guides smacked their long Icelandic whips and ...
... hill , and our pace was brought to a jog - trot in conformity with that of the sumpter animals . We were a merry party , making as much noise as boys breaking loose from school . The guides smacked their long Icelandic whips and ...
Page 48
... hills . At seven o'clock Gúthmundr and Magnús came to look after the horses , and Grímr popped his head in at the door , with the cheerless announcement that the priest had nothing to give us for breakfast , except a bowl of milk and a ...
... hills . At seven o'clock Gúthmundr and Magnús came to look after the horses , and Grímr popped his head in at the door , with the cheerless announcement that the priest had nothing to give us for breakfast , except a bowl of milk and a ...
Page 65
... hills were lost in the deepest blue black shadow . The rocky edge on which we stood was 100 feet in abrupt precipice ... Hill of Laws , the seamed face of the land , and the dusky foliage of the birchwood beyond the region of the rifts ...
... hills were lost in the deepest blue black shadow . The rocky edge on which we stood was 100 feet in abrupt precipice ... Hill of Laws , the seamed face of the land , and the dusky foliage of the birchwood beyond the region of the rifts ...
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