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A Description Of Iceland.
weigh two pounds , valued at six Holland duits ; and all sums are estimated on that footing . The prevailing , or , rather , only religion , is what they call the Lutheran : but it has wrought no great change in the hearts of the inhabitants ; and the Icelanders are subject to most vices , of which human nature is capable . Impurity , unknown among the Groenlanders
, prevails here ; and , formerly , it was under the protection of the laws . The revenues of this island are no more than 28 , 000 piasters . The king exacts , in lieu of all his ri ghts , forty fish , or about thirtyfour Dutch sous , of every inhabitant worth above twenty rixdollars . Thisso poormiserableand slovenlrace of lecannot live
, , , y peop , out of their own country . Experiments have been made for this purpose ; ancl some of their youth have been educated abroad , taught trades , and given specimens that they had reason and talents ; yet they could by no means be reconciled to a polite way of living ; and it was found necessary to transport them back to their own disagreeable and shocking country .
_ The Amianthus is found in Iceland , where it is made into smail pieces of incombustible cloth . They begin with hammering it , and so reducing it to a wool ; then they dip it in cold water , and work it with the hands , repeating this operation till the earth is quite washed from it , and the threads appear free and distinct . After this , they dry the separated threads , work them with a pair of cards , almost like cotton , then spin it , wetting the fingers with oil , instead of water , and the weaver finishes the piece .
Repartee.
REPARTEE .
A CORDELIER , preaching on the merits of St . Francis , exalted 1 x him , in his discourse , above all the other saints in the calendar . After exaggerating his merits , he exclaimed , " where shall we place the seraphic father , St . Francis ? He is greater in dignity than all other saints . —Shall we place him among the prophets ?—Oh I he is greater than the prophets . —Shall we place him with the patriarchs ?
—Oh ! he is greater than the patriarchs . "—In like manner he exalted him above the angels , archangels , cherubim , seraphim , virtues , thrones , dominions , and powers ; and still he exclaimed , '" Where ! then , shall we place him ? -where shall we place this holy saint ? " A sailor in the church , tired with the discourse , stood up , and said , '' If you really don ' t know where to place him , you may place him in my seat ; for I am going . "
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A Description Of Iceland.
weigh two pounds , valued at six Holland duits ; and all sums are estimated on that footing . The prevailing , or , rather , only religion , is what they call the Lutheran : but it has wrought no great change in the hearts of the inhabitants ; and the Icelanders are subject to most vices , of which human nature is capable . Impurity , unknown among the Groenlanders
, prevails here ; and , formerly , it was under the protection of the laws . The revenues of this island are no more than 28 , 000 piasters . The king exacts , in lieu of all his ri ghts , forty fish , or about thirtyfour Dutch sous , of every inhabitant worth above twenty rixdollars . Thisso poormiserableand slovenlrace of lecannot live
, , , y peop , out of their own country . Experiments have been made for this purpose ; ancl some of their youth have been educated abroad , taught trades , and given specimens that they had reason and talents ; yet they could by no means be reconciled to a polite way of living ; and it was found necessary to transport them back to their own disagreeable and shocking country .
_ The Amianthus is found in Iceland , where it is made into smail pieces of incombustible cloth . They begin with hammering it , and so reducing it to a wool ; then they dip it in cold water , and work it with the hands , repeating this operation till the earth is quite washed from it , and the threads appear free and distinct . After this , they dry the separated threads , work them with a pair of cards , almost like cotton , then spin it , wetting the fingers with oil , instead of water , and the weaver finishes the piece .
Repartee.
REPARTEE .
A CORDELIER , preaching on the merits of St . Francis , exalted 1 x him , in his discourse , above all the other saints in the calendar . After exaggerating his merits , he exclaimed , " where shall we place the seraphic father , St . Francis ? He is greater in dignity than all other saints . —Shall we place him among the prophets ?—Oh I he is greater than the prophets . —Shall we place him with the patriarchs ?
—Oh ! he is greater than the patriarchs . "—In like manner he exalted him above the angels , archangels , cherubim , seraphim , virtues , thrones , dominions , and powers ; and still he exclaimed , '" Where ! then , shall we place him ? -where shall we place this holy saint ? " A sailor in the church , tired with the discourse , stood up , and said , '' If you really don ' t know where to place him , you may place him in my seat ; for I am going . "