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... wild and solitary sites . The surround- ing scenery - the interior gloom - the fantastic contour of walls and roofs - as far as the torch- light exposes them - and the glitter of the crystallizations , with the unseen extent , power ...
... wild and solitary sites . The surround- ing scenery - the interior gloom - the fantastic contour of walls and roofs - as far as the torch- light exposes them - and the glitter of the crystallizations , with the unseen extent , power ...
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... wild staring look , He lived eight days , and then the world forsook . " The first who succeeded in exploring the spot was Mr. Lloyd , whose descent is related in the Transactions of the Royal Society for the year 1781. He was let down ...
... wild staring look , He lived eight days , and then the world forsook . " The first who succeeded in exploring the spot was Mr. Lloyd , whose descent is related in the Transactions of the Royal Society for the year 1781. He was let down ...
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... wild , the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream ; " and with a few inconsiderable exceptions , pre- sented by the transition limestone of Devon- shire , and the magnesian limestone of Somer- setshire , all the English caverns ...
... wild , the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream ; " and with a few inconsiderable exceptions , pre- sented by the transition limestone of Devon- shire , and the magnesian limestone of Somer- setshire , all the English caverns ...
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... wild , fantastic , and beautiful in their aspect - now exhibiting massive , and now delicate workmanship - were regarded , in ages of ignorance and superstition , as the performances of the invisible powers , the nymphs , who were ...
... wild , fantastic , and beautiful in their aspect - now exhibiting massive , and now delicate workmanship - were regarded , in ages of ignorance and superstition , as the performances of the invisible powers , the nymphs , who were ...
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... yelling ghost , Of the wild witch's baneful cot , And mermaid's alabaster grot Who bathes her limbs in sunless well , Deep in Strathaird's enchanted cell . Thither in fancy rapt he flies , And on his 36 CAVES OF THE EARTH .
... yelling ghost , Of the wild witch's baneful cot , And mermaid's alabaster grot Who bathes her limbs in sunless well , Deep in Strathaird's enchanted cell . Thither in fancy rapt he flies , And on his 36 CAVES OF THE EARTH .
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Términos y frases comunes
abode Adelsberg ancient animal Antiparos aperture appear arch Bameean basalt beautiful body Brahminism called carbonic acid Carniola cave cavity celebrated cell chambers Christ Christianity cliffs colour columns Cumæ dark dead distance Divine door dwell earth Egyptian Elephanta Ellora emperor Engedi entrance excavation feet high Fingal's cave fissures floor formations Giant's Causeway gloom Greek grot grotto ground Guacharo heaven height hills hollows human hundred Hyæna inhabitants inscriptions inspired interior island labyrinth lake lava length light limestone living Lord mass Mendip Hills miles mind monuments Mount Helicon mountain mouth nymphs observed occupied occur oracles passages Peak cavern pillars pozzuolana present priestess recesses remains remarkable resembling retired river rock roof Salsette scene Scripture sepulchre Shiva sibyl side singular sound spot Staffa stalactites stalagmite stone stream subterranean supposed surface temple thou tion tombs torches tree Tschingel valley vaulted volcanic walls Warkworth wild
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Página i - Henceforth, I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Página 57 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Página 57 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Página 135 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Página 8 - I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Página 57 - God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Página 136 - Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them...
Página 57 - Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Página 35 - High at the head a branching olive grows, And crowns the pointed cliffs with shady boughs. Beneath, a gloomy grotto's cool recess Delights the Nereids of the...
Página 51 - ... from without, and the air within, being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholesome, free entirely from the damp vapours with which natural caverns in general abound. We asked the name of it. Said our guide, The cave of Fhinn. What is Fhinn ? said we. Fhinn Mac Coul, whom the translator of Ossian's works has called Fingal.