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... SUMMIT OF THE JUNGFRAU- ( Scene from CASTLE , OR CHATEAU CANTONALE , OF LAUSANNE . 145 Manfred ) . 95 OUCHY . THE PORT OF LAUSANNE • 147 • THE JUNGFRAU 96 LAKE OF LAUSANNE , ABOVE PANDEX . . 148 THE VALLEY OF GRINDELWALD 97 CASTLE OF ...
... SUMMIT OF THE JUNGFRAU- ( Scene from CASTLE , OR CHATEAU CANTONALE , OF LAUSANNE . 145 Manfred ) . 95 OUCHY . THE PORT OF LAUSANNE • 147 • THE JUNGFRAU 96 LAKE OF LAUSANNE , ABOVE PANDEX . . 148 THE VALLEY OF GRINDELWALD 97 CASTLE OF ...
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... summit ; but there , being encountered by the entire force of Appenzell , led by Jacob Hartsch , their position became worse , and their leaders , anxious to regain the plain , where the Appenzellers would follow and lose their present ...
... summit ; but there , being encountered by the entire force of Appenzell , led by Jacob Hartsch , their position became worse , and their leaders , anxious to regain the plain , where the Appenzellers would follow and lose their present ...
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... summit of the Alps . Yet there are exceptions . Here is a sexagenarian — all his life a secluded student in one of our universities , whom a sight of the Alps has inspired . Delighted with all he sees , edified by all he hears , every ...
... summit of the Alps . Yet there are exceptions . Here is a sexagenarian — all his life a secluded student in one of our universities , whom a sight of the Alps has inspired . Delighted with all he sees , edified by all he hears , every ...
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... summit , the number of strangers has yearly augmented ; and the inducement to visit the scene is greatly increased by the facility of making the ascent in chars - à - bancs . On the summit is an extensive inn , recently enlarged , at an ...
... summit , the number of strangers has yearly augmented ; and the inducement to visit the scene is greatly increased by the facility of making the ascent in chars - à - bancs . On the summit is an extensive inn , recently enlarged , at an ...
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... summit in broad day can form no adequate idea of the transformation which it assumes under the influence of moon - shine and merry companions . Of the geology of this part of the Jura , we may briefly notice the numerous blocks of ...
... summit in broad day can form no adequate idea of the transformation which it assumes under the influence of moon - shine and merry companions . Of the geology of this part of the Jura , we may briefly notice the numerous blocks of ...
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Switzerland: Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for ..., Volume 1 William Henry Bartlett,William Beattie Affichage du livre entier - 1836 |
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Aargau abbot Alpine Alps already ancient Appenzell arms Austrian avoyer Basle baths battle battle of Morat BATTLE OF SEMPACH beautiful Bern Bernese bishopric of Basle bridge canton castle cathedral celebrated century chalet château church citizens commands Confederacy Confederates Constance cultivated descending district duke elegant Erlach favour fête forest France French fresh Fribourg Gall glaciers Grindelwald Hasli height honour hundred feet Huss inhabitants John Huss Jura labour lake lake of Neuchâtel Laupen Lausanne Lauterbrunnen leagues length lesser council Lucern magnificent Morat mountains natural Neuchâtel night nobles numerous Oberland passed pastures patriotic petrifactions picturesque population possession precipice present residence Rhine river rock Roman rushed scene scenery Schaffhausen Soleure strangers sublime summit Swiss Switzerland territory thousand Thun Thurgau torrent tower town trees troops Unterwalden upwards valley vast Vaud village W. H. Bartlett walls waters Wetterhorn Yverdun Zurich
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Page 9 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 26 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round) With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground Making it all one emerald: — how profound The gulf! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which, downward worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent...
Page 92 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Page 45 - And thou, mine honour'd love and true Bear on, bear nobly on : We have the blessed heaven in view, Whose rest shall soon be won." And were not these high words to flow From woman's breaking heart ? Through all that night of bitterest...
Page 26 - Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract...
Page 22 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 116 - In viewing the descent of the trees, my nephew and I stood quite close to the edge of the trough, not being more interested about any thing than to experience the impression which the near view of so singular an object must make on a spectator. The noise, the rapidity of the motion, the magnitude of the moving body, and the force with which it seemed to shake the trough as it passed, were altogether very formidable, and conveyed an idea of danger much greater than the reality. Our guide refused to...