A hand-book for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. [by J. Murray. 1st] -5th, 7th-10th, 12th, 14th-16th, 18th, 19th ed. [2 issues of the 18th ed. The 16th and 18th eds. are in 2 pt.].1846 |
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Page xxiv
... rock on the other ; and here the mule invariably walks on the very verge of the precipice - a habit derived from the animal's being accustomed to carry large packages of merchan- dise , which , if allowed to strike against the rock on ...
... rock on the other ; and here the mule invariably walks on the very verge of the precipice - a habit derived from the animal's being accustomed to carry large packages of merchan- dise , which , if allowed to strike against the rock on ...
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... rock - embosomed lawns , and snow - fed streams , " spoken of by Shelley . And here it may be remarked that the traveller in Switzerland must not suppose that beauty of scenery is confined to the High Alps the Jura , and the ...
... rock - embosomed lawns , and snow - fed streams , " spoken of by Shelley . And here it may be remarked that the traveller in Switzerland must not suppose that beauty of scenery is confined to the High Alps the Jura , and the ...
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... rock . The only plants that grow are dry lichens , which seem intended but to keep up the semblance of vegetation , and to perpetuate Nature's cheerful hues of green . The rarefied air is icy cold , and exercise and quick motion are ...
... rock . The only plants that grow are dry lichens , which seem intended but to keep up the semblance of vegetation , and to perpetuate Nature's cheerful hues of green . The rarefied air is icy cold , and exercise and quick motion are ...
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... rock . In many instances a projecting buttress of the mountain has blocked up all passage for ages , saying " thus far and no farther : " the skill of the modern engineer has pierced through this a tunnel or gallery ; and the difficulty ...
... rock . In many instances a projecting buttress of the mountain has blocked up all passage for ages , saying " thus far and no farther : " the skill of the modern engineer has pierced through this a tunnel or gallery ; and the difficulty ...
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... rocks , which contract the width of its bed sometimes to one - half of its expanse in the upper part of a valley ... rock , act like diamonds on glass , and scratch deep and long grooves on the surface . The seat of ancient glaciers ...
... rocks , which contract the width of its bed sometimes to one - half of its expanse in the upper part of a valley ... rock , act like diamonds on glass , and scratch deep and long grooves on the surface . The seat of ancient glaciers ...
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Page 167 - And then there was a little isle, Which in my very face did smile, The only one in view; A small green isle, it seem'd no more, Scarce broader than my dungeon floor, 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.
Page 157 - In hate, whose mining depths so intervene, That they can meet no more, though broken-hearted; 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.
Page 338 - 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, LXIII.
Page 157 - It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and mingling, yet distinctly seen. Save darken'd 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...
Page 157 - And this is in the night : — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Page 257 - Sublime, but neither bleak nor bare Nor misty, are the mountains there, — Softly sublime, profusely fair ! Up to their summits clothed in green And fruitful as the vales between They lightly rise And scale the skies, And groves and gardens still abound, For where no shoot Could else take root The peaks are shelved and terraced round...
Page 157 - Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 162 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of 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.
Page 167 - Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar; for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard! — May none those marks efface! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 45 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, 414 LORD BYRON Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg — Why stood I not beneath it ? C.