A Hand-book for Travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savory and Piedmont, Including the Protestant Valleys of the WaldensesJ. Murray & Son, 1838 - 367 sidor |
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Sida xvii
... path and obli- terated the footsteps of preceding travellers , a guide may be re- quired in situations where , under ordinary circumstances , his pre- sence might be dispensed with . Guides by profession are to be met with in most parts ...
... path and obli- terated the footsteps of preceding travellers , a guide may be re- quired in situations where , under ordinary circumstances , his pre- sence might be dispensed with . Guides by profession are to be met with in most parts ...
Sida xix
... paths which they ascend or descend with ease are steeper than any staircase , with ledges of rock , 2 or 3 ft . high ... path , far better than his rider can direct him ; and , in such circumstances , it is safer to let the reins hang ...
... paths which they ascend or descend with ease are steeper than any staircase , with ledges of rock , 2 or 3 ft . high ... path , far better than his rider can direct him ; and , in such circumstances , it is safer to let the reins hang ...
Sida xxii
... path , the eye may be fami- liarized with the depths of the abyss , and the aspect of danger , and the head relieved ... paths -- a guide should always be taken , as , in the upper part of the valleys , such paths almost invariably ...
... path , the eye may be fami- liarized with the depths of the abyss , and the aspect of danger , and the head relieved ... paths -- a guide should always be taken , as , in the upper part of the valleys , such paths almost invariably ...
Sida xlv
... path , or bridle - path , the traffic is much increased after the fall of the snow , which , by filling up depressions and smoothing the way , per- mits the transport of heavy inerchandize on sledges , which move easily over the surface ...
... path , or bridle - path , the traffic is much increased after the fall of the snow , which , by filling up depressions and smoothing the way , per- mits the transport of heavy inerchandize on sledges , which move easily over the surface ...
Sida lvii
... path , or of the footsteps of preceding travellers , are at once effaced , and the poles planted to mark the direc- tion of the road are frequently overturned . In some places the gusts sweep the rock bare of snow , heaping it up in ...
... path , or of the footsteps of preceding travellers , are at once effaced , and the poles planted to mark the direc- tion of the road are frequently overturned . In some places the gusts sweep the rock bare of snow , heaping it up in ...
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Airolo Alpine Alps ancient Aosta ascend avalanches bank Basle baths beautiful Bellinzona Bernard Berne bridge called canton carriage castle châlets Chamouny chapel char church Coire Cormayeur crossed deep descends distance excursion fall feet foot forest formed France French Freyburg Geneva glaciers Glarus gorge Gothard Grindelwald Grisons height hill horses hospice houses inhabitants inns Isère Lago lake lake of Lucerne Lauterbrunnen leads leagues Lucerne Martigny mass Meyringen miles Mont Blanc Monte Rosa moun mountain Moutiers mules nearly Neuchâtel pass pasturages path peaks picturesque Piedmont plain Pont precipices ravine reach Rhine Rhone Righi rises river road rock Roman Route ruins Savoy scene scenery Schaffhausen Schwytz seen shore side Simplon situated slope snow Splügen spot steep stone stream stunden summit Swiss Swiss francs Switzerland tains Thal Thun tion torrent town traveller traversed Val d'Aosta valley veller village walls Zurich
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Sida 293 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Sida 150 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue.
Sida 141 - Sky, mountains, river, winds, lake, lightnings! ye! With night, and clouds, and thunder, and a soul To make these felt and feeling, well may be Things that have made me watchful; the far roll Of your departing voices, is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless, — if I rest. But where of ye, oh tempests! is the goal? Are ye like those within the human breast? Or do ye find, at length, like eagles, some high nest?
Sida 141 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Sida 117 - Morat! the proud, the patriot field! where man May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, Nor blush for those who conquer'd on that plain; Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, A bony heap, through ages to remain, Themselves their monument; — the Stygian coast Unsepulchred they roam'd, and shriek'd each wandering ghost.
Sida 295 - They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Sida 142 - Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face, The mirror where the stars and mountains view The stillness of their aspect in each trace Its clear depth yields of their far height and hue...
Sida 145 - June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Sida 112 - The music of the cows' bells (for their wealth, like the patriarchs', is cattle) in the pastures, which reach to a height far above any mountains in Britain, and the shepherds...
Sida 141 - Though in their souls, which thus each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the fond rage Which blighted their life's bloom, and then departed : Itself expired, but leaving them an age Of years all winters, — war within themselves to wage.