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.].1867 |
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... close at hand . There are many points of view whence the semicircular array of Alpine peaks , presented at once to the eye , extends for more than 120 m . , from the Mont Blanc to the Titlis , and comprises between 200 and 300 distinct ...
... close at hand . There are many points of view whence the semicircular array of Alpine peaks , presented at once to the eye , extends for more than 120 m . , from the Mont Blanc to the Titlis , and comprises between 200 and 300 distinct ...
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... close at hand . The passion for climbing mountains , so ardent in a young traveller , often cools ; and many who have surmounted the Rigi , the Faulhorn or Roth- horn , and the Dôle , consider any further ascents a waste of time and ...
... close at hand . The passion for climbing mountains , so ardent in a young traveller , often cools ; and many who have surmounted the Rigi , the Faulhorn or Roth- horn , and the Dôle , consider any further ascents a waste of time and ...
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... close to the Simplon , and possesses such high claims to notice , that no traveller , approaching that corner of Switzerland to which it is a neighbour , should omit to visit it . The attempt to fix an order of precedence for the Swiss ...
... close to the Simplon , and possesses such high claims to notice , that no traveller , approaching that corner of Switzerland to which it is a neighbour , should omit to visit it . The attempt to fix an order of precedence for the Swiss ...
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... close to fine scenery and pleasant walks , suitable for a stay of some days . AA are the very best . Eggischhorn . Bel Alp Bex ( Monchâlet ) Byron Hotel ( L. Geneva ) Chamouni Champéry Como Lake ( several ) Comballas Courmayeur ...
... close to fine scenery and pleasant walks , suitable for a stay of some days . AA are the very best . Eggischhorn . Bel Alp Bex ( Monchâlet ) Byron Hotel ( L. Geneva ) Chamouni Champéry Como Lake ( several ) Comballas Courmayeur ...
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... close up again , and , as soon as the surface of the mountain below them is level , the glacier again assumes a nearly level and compact character .. The Crevasses , or fissures , which traverse the upper portion of the glacier , before ...
... close up again , and , as soon as the surface of the mountain below them is level , the glacier again assumes a nearly level and compact character .. The Crevasses , or fissures , which traverse the upper portion of the glacier , before ...
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Página 174 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake , Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Página 183 - ... vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. 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.
Página 174 - 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...
Página 183 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies...
Página 184 - 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.
Página 179 - 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.
Página 175 - 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: There is too much of man here, to look through With a fit mind the might which I behold; But soon in me shall loneliness renew Thoughts hid, but not less cherish'd than of old, Ere mingling with the herd had penn'd me in their fold.
Página 394 - 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.
Página 174 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder!
Página 181 - Clarens ! sweet Clarens, birthplace of deep Love ! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought ; Thy trees take root in Love ; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought By rays which sleep there lovingly...