The History of Greenland: Including an Account of the Mission Carried on by the United Brethren in that Country, 第 1 卷Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1820 - 323 頁 |
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afterwards amongst Angekok animals appearance arrived assistance Baal's River baptism baptized birds blubber boat Brethren called Cape Farewell capelins Christian coast cold colony colour congregation Copenhagen Davis's Strait death Disko Disko Bay Disko island Egede Europeans farther fathoms fiorde fish fishery flesh frequently Godhaab Gospel Green Greenlanders harpoon heart heathen Herrnhut HISTORY OF GREENLAND Iceland inhabitants islands Jesus John Beck kajak Kangek Kariak kind labours land landers leagues length Lichtenfels likewise live Matthew Stach miles mission missionaries mountains Narwhal natives never Norway Norwegians Nova Zembla obliged observed pieces received rein-deer rocks round sail savages Saviour seals seen seldom settlement ship shore side skin Skrælings snow sometimes soon soul species spirits Spitzbergen stone storm summer tents thick thing tion vessel voyage weather whale whole wind winter
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第 29 頁 - I said, I have laboured in “ vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in “ vain; yet surely my judgement is with the Lord, “ and my work with my God.
第 45 頁 - They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; f'or they are the seed of' the blessed of' the Lord,and their offspring with them.
第 301 頁 - escaped, burst asunder, and the water rushing up from beneath, covered and precipitated it into the deep. In an instant, as if at a signal, the whole mass of ice extending for several miles from the coast, and on both sides as far as the eye could reach, began to crack and sink under the
第 329 頁 - out of the water, that its head reached above our maintop. It had a long sharp snout, and spouted water like a whale, and very broad paws. The body seemed to be covered with scales, and the skin was uneven and wrinkled, and the lower part was formed like a snake. ‘ After some time, the creature plunged
第 301 頁 - parts three or four yards thick, gave it an undulatory motion, not unlike that of a sheet of paper accommodating itself to the surface of a rippling stream. Noises, too, were now distinctly heard in many directions, like the report of cannon, owing to the bursting of the ice at a distance.
第 326 頁 - appeared to them like an old man, strong-limbed, and with broad shoulders, but his arms they could not see. His head was small in proportion to his body, and had short curled black hair, which did not reach below his ears; his eyes lay deep in his head, and he had a
第 326 頁 - they might the better examine the monster, which, by the help of the current, came nearer and nearer to them. He turned his face, and stared at the men, which gave them a good opportunity of examining him narrowly; he stood in the same place for
第 301 頁 - of a sheet of paper accommodating itself to the surface of a rippling stream. Noises, too, were now distinctly heard in many directions, like the report of cannon, owing to the bursting of the ice at a distance. Dismayed at these prognostics, the travellers drove with all haste towards the shore, intending to take up their night-quarters on the north side of
第 302 頁 - from the roof of the snow-house upon his lips. Though rather alarmed on tasting it, he lay quiet till the dropping became more frequent, when, just as he was about to give the alarm, a tremendous surf broke all at once close to the house, discharging a quantity of water
第 301 頁 - But as soon as the sun declined towards the west, the wind increased to a storm, the bank of clouds from the east began to ascend, and the dark streaks to put themselves in motion against the wind. The snow was violently driven about by