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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... less to return , if dismissed at a dis- tance from home , unless the employer find him a fresh master to take back . For this sum the guide provides for himself , and is expected to discharge all the duties of a domestic towards his ...
... less to return , if dismissed at a dis- tance from home , unless the employer find him a fresh master to take back . For this sum the guide provides for himself , and is expected to discharge all the duties of a domestic towards his ...
Página xxvii
... less than the professional guides ; 3 or 4 fr . a - day will suffice for him . Those who travel in chars or on horseback will find that the driver , or the man who accompanies the horse , will render unnecessary the employment of any ...
... less than the professional guides ; 3 or 4 fr . a - day will suffice for him . Those who travel in chars or on horseback will find that the driver , or the man who accompanies the horse , will render unnecessary the employment of any ...
Página xxix
... less elegant , but equally imposing , equipage of the Russian prince . Before the doorway is invariably grouped a crowd of loitering guides , servants , and couriers , of all nations and languages , and two or three knots of postilions ...
... less elegant , but equally imposing , equipage of the Russian prince . Before the doorway is invariably grouped a crowd of loitering guides , servants , and couriers , of all nations and languages , and two or three knots of postilions ...
Página xli
... less for its form than for the vast volume of water , but in this respect very fine indeed , and well worth a visit . 4. The Staubbach , or Dust Fall : a thread or scarf of water , so thin that it is dispersed into spray before it ...
... less for its form than for the vast volume of water , but in this respect very fine indeed , and well worth a visit . 4. The Staubbach , or Dust Fall : a thread or scarf of water , so thin that it is dispersed into spray before it ...
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... less abundant and varied , —thousands of winged creatures are seen hovering over the flowers , enjoying their short existence , for the summer at these elevations lasts but for 3 or 4 weeks : a premature winter soon cuts short this ...
... less abundant and varied , —thousands of winged creatures are seen hovering over the flowers , enjoying their short existence , for the summer at these elevations lasts but for 3 or 4 weeks : a premature winter soon cuts short this ...
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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...