Narrative of an excursion to the mountains of Piemont, and researches among the Vaudois, or Waldenses1826 - 295 pages |
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... arms . A peasant ploughed up a large stone which attracted his notice : he dug under it , and found a round silver plate , of twenty - seven inches in diameter , and weighing 344 ounces . The engraving in the centre of this relic of ...
... arms . A peasant ploughed up a large stone which attracted his notice : he dug under it , and found a round silver plate , of twenty - seven inches in diameter , and weighing 344 ounces . The engraving in the centre of this relic of ...
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... arms , and even they were unprepared , and indifferently provided with sup- plies of any sort to defend themselves against an attack . But what will not men do , who are driven to desperation ? " Death rather than the mass , " was ...
... arms , and even they were unprepared , and indifferently provided with sup- plies of any sort to defend themselves against an attack . But what will not men do , who are driven to desperation ? " Death rather than the mass , " was ...
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... arms on the third day , surrendering themselves meanly to the discretion of the Duke of Savoy , who in triumph over this meanness did them the favour to shut them up in thirteen prisons in Piemont , and thus extinguished at one blow the ...
... arms on the third day , surrendering themselves meanly to the discretion of the Duke of Savoy , who in triumph over this meanness did them the favour to shut them up in thirteen prisons in Piemont , and thus extinguished at one blow the ...
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... arm of Providence ; and maintained their position among the fast- nesses of Angrogna , until the alliance was dissolved between the King of France and the Duke of Savoy , and the latter engaged to recal their brethren in exile , and to ...
... arm of Providence ; and maintained their position among the fast- nesses of Angrogna , until the alliance was dissolved between the King of France and the Duke of Savoy , and the latter engaged to recal their brethren in exile , and to ...
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... arms had restored him , and while he was yet under the protection of a British escort , Lord William Bentinck most earnestly pleaded for the oppressed churches of the valleys . The king listened to the eloquent and feeling appeal with ...
... arms had restored him , and while he was yet under the protection of a British escort , Lord William Bentinck most earnestly pleaded for the oppressed churches of the valleys . The king listened to the eloquent and feeling appeal with ...
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Alpine Alps ancient Angrogna Answ APPENDIX army Arnaud atque Bert Bishop Bobbio character Christ Christian clergy Clusone commanded Cottian Alps Count Wratislaw Cromwell doctrine Duke of Savoy edict enemy England faith favour French hath Henri Arnaud holy honour hundred inhabitants King of France King of Sardinia late Leger letter Lord Lyons majesty ment ministers Morland Mount Cenis mountains never obliged occasion parish passed pastor Pelice pension Perosa persecution persons Peter Waldo Peyrani Pianezza Piemontese Pignerol Pinerolo Pomaretto poor Popish Prali prayer present prince Protestant qu'il received religion road rock Roman Catholic Rora royal highness San Giovanni San Martino scenery Second Edition seen shew snow spot subjects suffered thing three valleys tion took Torre torrent troops Turin vale Vallées valley of Luzerna valleys of Piemont Vaudois Vertu vestra Victor Amadeus village Villaro Waldenses Waldensian church
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Page lxxii - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Page 212 - 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.
Page lxviii - Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Page 238 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 147 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Page 238 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 146 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Page lxxi - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Page 134 - ... la nature semblait encore prendre plaisir à s'y mettre en opposition avec elle-même, tant on la trouvait différente en un même lieu sous divers aspects. Au levant les fleurs du printemps, au midi les fruits de l'automne, au nord les glaces de l'hiver...
Page 238 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.