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... voices , approaching the spot where he was . His heart sunk within him ! He knew well what was to be expected from those , whose spirits were thirsting for blood and revenge . His worst fears were realized . He now heard dis- tinctly ...
... voices , approaching the spot where he was . His heart sunk within him ! He knew well what was to be expected from those , whose spirits were thirsting for blood and revenge . His worst fears were realized . He now heard dis- tinctly ...
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... voice of the dying patriarch , who had been roused from his troubled repose by the noise around him . " Never shall a Vaudois be so forgetful of the debt he owes to his forefathers and his God , as basely to barter his creed , and ...
... voice of the dying patriarch , who had been roused from his troubled repose by the noise around him . " Never shall a Vaudois be so forgetful of the debt he owes to his forefathers and his God , as basely to barter his creed , and ...
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... voice , the tear of heart- felt penitence rolling down his cheek : " since that night of darkness and blood , this eye hath witness- ed no spectacle but the damp walls of a cell -- and this hand grasped no kindlier thing than the ...
... voice , the tear of heart- felt penitence rolling down his cheek : " since that night of darkness and blood , this eye hath witness- ed no spectacle but the damp walls of a cell -- and this hand grasped no kindlier thing than the ...
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... voice falters , know , that thou hast it in thy power , to make an ample recompense to me for all the dark deeds of the past , and remove the last lingering cloud that darkens my dying hour ! " " Tell it me , my father ; it shall be ...
... voice falters , know , that thou hast it in thy power , to make an ample recompense to me for all the dark deeds of the past , and remove the last lingering cloud that darkens my dying hour ! " " Tell it me , my father ; it shall be ...
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... voice deepening with indignation . " If , then , ” replied the other , " it be an expedi- tious interment thou desirest , tumble him into this mountain torrent , which , for the last three hours , with its thunders , has been filling my ...
... voice deepening with indignation . " If , then , ” replied the other , " it be an expedi- tious interment thou desirest , tumble him into this mountain torrent , which , for the last three hours , with its thunders , has been filling my ...
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aged Alice Alpine amid Angrogna Arnaud Balsille band battle of Muret behold beloved benefactor blood body bosom breathe captivity Christian church Clusone cold companion couch dark Dauphiny death desolate dim lantern door Duke of Savoy dungeon earth earthly enemy exclaimed exiles eyes faith Father Bernard fatigues fear Ferdinand flames friends gloomy grave hamlets hands hath heard heart heaven Herbert Vinçon holy holy order hour house of Savoy Hush journey Lauterbrunnen listened Lord Lucerna midnight mingled monk moun mountain mountain pass native valleys never night once orphan pass pastor peace peril persecution Piedmont Pignerol Prali prayer Protestant replied repose retreat rock sacred Savoy seemed side silence snow solitary sorrow soul spirit spot St Martino stranger suffering sword tain tears thee thine thou hast thought tion truth Turin Vaudois village voice Waldenses Waldensian walls wanderers waters young
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Page 182 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 160 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and...
Page 159 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Page 83 - They lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song ; And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this.
Page 1 - 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 183 - And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another ; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Page 143 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 136 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 1 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not...