Narrative of an Excursion to the Mountains of Piemont, in the Year MDCCCXXIII: And Researches Among the Vaudois, Or Waldenses |
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Page xviii
... Victor Amadeus II . - Prince Eugene - Meeting of Eugene and Amadeus - Persecutions of the Vaudois - France and Savoy attack the Protestants - Henri Arnaud - Imprison- ment of the whole Protestant population - Thousands pe- rish in the ...
... Victor Amadeus II . - Prince Eugene - Meeting of Eugene and Amadeus - Persecutions of the Vaudois - France and Savoy attack the Protestants - Henri Arnaud - Imprison- ment of the whole Protestant population - Thousands pe- rish in the ...
Page xix
... Victor Amadeus and the Duke of Marlborough - M . Vertu Distressed English lady - Opera at Turin - King of Sardinia - George the Fourth - Revolutionary move- ments in Roman Catholic countries PAGE 46 CHAPTER IV . Leave Turin for the ...
... Victor Amadeus and the Duke of Marlborough - M . Vertu Distressed English lady - Opera at Turin - King of Sardinia - George the Fourth - Revolutionary move- ments in Roman Catholic countries PAGE 46 CHAPTER IV . Leave Turin for the ...
Page xxi
... Victor Amadeus II . - Exploits of Gianavello - Treachery of the Marquis di Pianezza - Heroic defence of Rora- Massacre at Rora - Last achievements of Gianavello- Sufferings of Giovanni Pallias , Paoli Clementi , and Gia- 162 PAGE ...
... Victor Amadeus II . - Exploits of Gianavello - Treachery of the Marquis di Pianezza - Heroic defence of Rora- Massacre at Rora - Last achievements of Gianavello- Sufferings of Giovanni Pallias , Paoli Clementi , and Gia- 162 PAGE ...
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... Victor Amadeus II . - Prince Eugene - Meeting of Eugene and Amadeus - Persecutions of the Vaudois - France and Savoy attack the Protestants— Henri Arnaud - Imprisonment of the whole Protestant Popu- lation - Thousands perish in the ...
... Victor Amadeus II . - Prince Eugene - Meeting of Eugene and Amadeus - Persecutions of the Vaudois - France and Savoy attack the Protestants— Henri Arnaud - Imprisonment of the whole Protestant Popu- lation - Thousands perish in the ...
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... Victor Amadeus II . on the elevated spot from which Prince Eugene , in 1706 , reconnoitred the position of the French army , then besieging the capital , and in memory of the successful campaign which delivered the Ducal states from the ...
... Victor Amadeus II . on the elevated spot from which Prince Eugene , in 1706 , reconnoitred the position of the French army , then besieging the capital , and in memory of the successful campaign which delivered the Ducal states from the ...
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Alps ancient Angrogna Answ APPENDIX atque Bert Bishop Bobbio Canton Christian clergy Clusone commanded Cottian Alps Count Wratislaw doctrine Duke of Savoy edict Emanuel enemy England faith favour France French hath Henri Arnaud heretics holy honour hundred inhabitants interest Jesus Christ King King of France King of Sardinia late Leger letter Lord Lyons Majesty manner ment ministers mountains never obliged occasion parish passed pastor Pelice pension Perosa persecution persons Peter Waldo Peyrani Pianezza Pignerol Pinerolo Pomaretto poor prayer present prince Protestant qu'il received reformed religion rock Roman Catholic Rome Rora royal highness San Giovanni San Martino Sardinia scenery Second Edition serene shew spot subjects suffered thing thou three valleys tion took Torre torrent troops Turin unto vale Vallées valley of Luzerna valleys of Piemont Vaudois Vertu vestra Victor Amadeus village Villaro Waldenses Waldensian church
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Page lxi - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that, is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship...
Page lxi - 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 236 - 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 236 - Their martyr'd blood and ashes sow 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 lxiv - Ye hypocrites ! well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying; 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 lxv - 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? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 236 - 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.
Page 147 - And after three days and a half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell uptm them which saw them.
Page 147 - 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.