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"I shall not be swallowed up swimming," said Grettir; "but henceforward I shall trust the thrall the worse for this, so much as lies hereon." Now the shortest way to the mainland from the island, was a sea-mile long. <i>Grettir at the home-stead of Reeks</i>.
If any mark of human occupation is met with hereon, it usually takes the form of the solitary cottage of some shepherd. Fifty years ago such a lonely cottage stood on such a down, and may possibly be standing there now. In spite of its loneliness, however, the spot, by actual measurement, was not more than five miles from a county-town. Yet that affected it little.
If so the most probable means would be to get him seized by the order of the States General or any other State where he may be found to be. D. RYDER, 14 Oct., 1751. Oct. 14th, 1751. For your Opinion hereon. Mr. Attorney General. 3 Gs. Sharpe. Wimple, Oct. 9th, 1751. 4 o'clock p.m.
The great gulf between them is fixed. This is the main fact of the parable, and hereon its greatest lesson grows. The great gulf is fixed, and after death none can change his place. This fact we now know without further revelation, and if we believe it not on the testimony of Jesus, neither would we believe it although one should rise from the dead to declare it.
Of the glorious group of monumental churches of northern France, the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Reims, if not admittedly the most beautiful and memorable Gothic edifice in all France, needs but little qualifying comment. It has a preëminence which has been generally conceded, and even elaborately endorsed, by most observers qualified to pass opinion hereon.
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