The Stones of Venice: The sea-storiesSmith, Elder, and Company, 1853 |
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... coloured line , tufted irregularly with brushwood and willows : but , at what seemed its northern extremity , the hills of Arqua rose in a dark cluster of purple pyramids , balanced on the bright mirage of the lagoon ; two or three ...
... coloured line , tufted irregularly with brushwood and willows : but , at what seemed its northern extremity , the hills of Arqua rose in a dark cluster of purple pyramids , balanced on the bright mirage of the lagoon ; two or three ...
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... colour and opacity of clay before they reach the Adriatic ; the sediment which they bear is at once thrown down as they enter the sea , forming a vast belt of low land along the eastern coast of Italy . The powerful stream 6 FIRST ...
... colour and opacity of clay before they reach the Adriatic ; the sediment which they bear is at once thrown down as they enter the sea , forming a vast belt of low land along the eastern coast of Italy . The powerful stream 6 FIRST ...
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... colour of sackcloth , with the corrupted sea - water soaking through the roots of its acrid weeds , and gleaming hither and thither through its snaky channels . No gathering of fantastic mists , nor coursing of clouds across it ; but ...
... colour of sackcloth , with the corrupted sea - water soaking through the roots of its acrid weeds , and gleaming hither and thither through its snaky channels . No gathering of fantastic mists , nor coursing of clouds across it ; but ...
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... colours used in them all is fair and bright , and intended evidently to be re- garded in hopefulness , and not with terror . § IX . For observe this choice of subjects . It is indeed pos- sible that the walls of the nave and aisles ...
... colours used in them all is fair and bright , and intended evidently to be re- garded in hopefulness , and not with terror . § IX . For observe this choice of subjects . It is indeed pos- sible that the walls of the nave and aisles ...
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... colour and costliness of work may be introduced , and yet the speaker not be thrown into the shade by them . § XIV . But , in the second place , whatever ornaments we admit ought clearly to be of a chaste , grave , and noble kind ; and ...
... colour and costliness of work may be introduced , and yet the speaker not be thrown into the shade by them . § XIV . But , in the second place , whatever ornaments we admit ought clearly to be of a chaste , grave , and noble kind ; and ...
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الصفحة 389 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
الصفحة 317 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
الصفحة 117 - I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
الصفحة 115 - God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
الصفحة 4 - The Venice of modern fiction and drama is a thing of yesterday, a mere efflorescence of decay, a stage dream which the first ray of daylight must dissipate into dust. No prisoner, whose name is worth remembering, or whose sorrow deserved sympathy, ever crossed that
الصفحة 315 - Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
الصفحة 67 - Soldi 28-32,' the Madonna is in great glory, enthroned above ten or a dozen large red casks of three-year-old vintage, and flanked by goodly ranks of bottles of Maraschino, and two crimson lamps; and for the evening, when the gondoliers will come to drink out, under her auspices, the money they have gained during the day, she will have a whole chandelier.
الصفحة 143 - And say, Thus saith the LORD GOD ; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar...
الصفحة 145 - Put were in thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and helmet in thee ; they set forth thy comeliness. The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about...
الصفحة 389 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.