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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... feet , or 4800 mètres , should go to a Swiss league 2 Eng . miles , 7 furlongs , 190 yards = 2.983 Eng . miles : -23 Swiss leagues to a degree . A Swiss post is 3 Swiss leagues = 9 Eng . miles , nearly . 1 Swiss pied 10 pouces = 100 ...
... feet , or 4800 mètres , should go to a Swiss league 2 Eng . miles , 7 furlongs , 190 yards = 2.983 Eng . miles : -23 Swiss leagues to a degree . A Swiss post is 3 Swiss leagues = 9 Eng . miles , nearly . 1 Swiss pied 10 pouces = 100 ...
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... Feet . French Feet to English Feet . Mètres . English Feet . French Feet . English Feet . Accurate . Approx . Accurate . Approx . 1234567 3.2809 6.5618 9.8427 93 13.1236 13 16.4045 16 19.6854 19 22.9663 23 26.2472 26 29.5281 29 1234567 ...
... Feet . French Feet to English Feet . Mètres . English Feet . French Feet . English Feet . Accurate . Approx . Accurate . Approx . 1234567 3.2809 6.5618 9.8427 93 13.1236 13 16.4045 16 19.6854 19 22.9663 23 26.2472 26 29.5281 29 1234567 ...
Página xxxiii
... feet . If the boots come to grief , Swiss bootmakers are capable of satisfying an Englishman's wants . Thick knit worsted socks , double at the heels , or cotton stockings with worsted feet , ought invariably to be worn , and flannel ...
... feet . If the boots come to grief , Swiss bootmakers are capable of satisfying an Englishman's wants . Thick knit worsted socks , double at the heels , or cotton stockings with worsted feet , ought invariably to be worn , and flannel ...
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... feet above the level of a garden , the substitution on either side of a precipice some thousands of feet in depth , or of a glacier crevasse , makes no real difference in the work to be done , though it may have a formidable effect on ...
... feet above the level of a garden , the substitution on either side of a precipice some thousands of feet in depth , or of a glacier crevasse , makes no real difference in the work to be done , though it may have a formidable effect on ...
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... feet are never used by English mountaineers , nor by the best guides , who trust entirely to their nailed boots and ice - axes . Persons who have not sufficient nails to their boots , may supplement them , on occasion , by screws of ...
... feet are never used by English mountaineers , nor by the best guides , who trust entirely to their nailed boots and ice - axes . Persons who have not sufficient nails to their boots , may supplement them , on occasion , by screws of ...
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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...