The Bible in Spain: Or, The Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the PeninsulaJ. M. Campbell, 1845 - Всего страниц: 232 |
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Стр. 218 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Стр. 106 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Стр. 202 - BEHOLD the morning sun Begins his glorious way ; His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light ; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight.
Стр. 185 - Spanish government. I have the honour to remain, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, GEORGE BORROW.
Стр. 165 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily ? nay verily ; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Стр. 67 - Swear to the constitution, you she-rogue," vociferated the swarthy sergeant. " Never !" said the spirited daughter of the Neapolitan Bourbons. "Then your cortejo shall die !" replied the sergeant. "Ho! ho! my lads; get ready your arms, and send four bullets through the fellow's brain.
Стр. 60 - Petersburg has finer streets, Paris and Edinburgh more stately edifices, London far nobler squares, whilst Shiraz can boast of more costly fountains, though not cooler waters. But the population ! Within a mud wall, scarcely one league and a half in circuit, are contained two hundred thousand human beings, certainly forming the most extraordinary vital mass to be found in the entire world ; and be it always remembered that this mass is strictly Spanish.
Стр. 55 - A cold night," said I at last. "Is this the way to Talavera?" "It is the way to Talavera, and the night is cold." "I am going to Talavera," said I, "as I suppose you are yourself." "I am going thither, so are you, Bueno." The tones of the voice which delivered these words were in their way quite as strange and singular as the figure to which the voice belonged ; they were not exactly the tones of a Spanish voice, and yet there was something in them that could hardly be foreign ; the pronunciation...
Стр. 50 - Seiior nacional, you must know that I am an English gentleman, travelling in this country for my pleasure; I bear a passport, which, on inspecting, you will find to be perfectly regular; it was given me by the great Lord Palmerston, minister of England, whom you of course have heard of here; at the bottom you will see his own handwriting; look at it and rejoice; perhaps you will never have another opportunity. As I put unbounded confidence in the honour of every gentleman, I leave the passport in...
Стр. 90 - But when did the fear of consequences cause an Irishman to shrink from the exercise of the duties of hospitality ? However attached to his religion — and who is so attached to the Romish creed as the Irishman ? — I am convinced that not all the authority of the Pope or the Cardinals would induce him to close his doors on Luther himself, were that respectable personage at present alive and in need of food and refuge. Honour to Ireland and her