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Its Scenes and Sagas Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton. at our side , and we tossed down all the Danish papers we could scrape together in the cabin . The painter was flung loose , we waved caps , and shouted " Adieu ! " When the ...
Its Scenes and Sagas Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton. at our side , and we tossed down all the Danish papers we could scrape together in the cabin . The painter was flung loose , we waved caps , and shouted " Adieu ! " When the ...
Page 18
... side which faced the sea , whilst the farther end was closed with a door , Grettir was in shadow , whilst the black figures of the rowers cut sharply against the moonlight , so that he could see where to strike , whilst his own body was ...
... side which faced the sea , whilst the farther end was closed with a door , Grettir was in shadow , whilst the black figures of the rowers cut sharply against the moonlight , so that he could see where to strike , whilst his own body was ...
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... 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 ,
... 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 ,
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... side of the choir is a monstrous pulpit , on the other the pews of the governor and bishop . The prelate , it seems , takes but little part in the church service ; the dean celebrates and preaches , whilst the bishop is seated in 3 ...
... side of the choir is a monstrous pulpit , on the other the pews of the governor and bishop . The prelate , it seems , takes but little part in the church service ; the dean celebrates and preaches , whilst the bishop is seated in 3 ...
Page 36
... his forces well , he sent Martin on ahead with the thermometer tubes , he placed the Yankee on one side , made me take the other , he himself brought up the rear of this human drove . " Look sharp after them , Padre ! " he 36 REYKJAVÍK .
... his forces well , he sent Martin on ahead with the thermometer tubes , he placed the Yankee on one side , made me take the other , he himself brought up the rear of this human drove . " Look sharp after them , Padre ! " he 36 REYKJAVÍK .
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Akureyri Alleluiah Althing answered asked basalt beautiful bird bishop Bjarg blue boat boiling bonder Briggs brother brought called church clouds cold colour crag Danish door Drangey Edmund Evans Egill eruption exclaimed eyes farm farmer father feet fish fjord flung Gellir Geysir Glámr grass Greenland Grettir grey Grímr hands head heap heithi Hekla hill Hólar horses Hrolleifr Icel Iceland Illugi Ingimund island Jökull Jón Katla Kolr Krafla lake land lava looked merchant miles morning mountain Myvatn natives never night Oddr Ofeigr Periphrasis pony priest quoth reached Reykjanes Reykjavík ride river rock rode rolled round saddle Saga sand Savigniac side snow spot spring stone stood story stream Strokr summer Svínavatn swans Thorbjorn Thorfin Thorgils Thorhall Thorir Thorstein trachyte Trölladyngja tún turf vale Vatnsdalr vessel visited whilst whimbrel wild wind winter