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.].1838 |
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Strona xlii
... interesting , either in a picturesque or in an historical point of view , than the passable gaps or notches in the ridge of the great chain , whereby alone this colossal wall of mountains may be scaled , and a direct passage and ...
... interesting , either in a picturesque or in an historical point of view , than the passable gaps or notches in the ridge of the great chain , whereby alone this colossal wall of mountains may be scaled , and a direct passage and ...
Strona xliii
... interesting . In the course of one day's journey the traveller passes from the climate of summer to winter , through spring . The alteration in the productions keeps pace with that of the tem- perature . Leaving behind him stubble ...
... interesting . In the course of one day's journey the traveller passes from the climate of summer to winter , through spring . The alteration in the productions keeps pace with that of the tem- perature . Leaving behind him stubble ...
Strona lii
... interesting experiments and observations upon the movement and rate of progress of the glaciers . In 1829 he noted the position of numerous loose blocks lying on the surface of the lower glacier of the Aar , relative to the fixed rocks ...
... interesting experiments and observations upon the movement and rate of progress of the glaciers . In 1829 he noted the position of numerous loose blocks lying on the surface of the lower glacier of the Aar , relative to the fixed rocks ...
Strona liii
... ice - field , and 3000 or 4000 feet below it . It is highly interesting to consider how important a service the glaciers perform in the economy of nature . These dead and chilly liv § 18. - Avalanches and Snow - Storms . c 3.
... ice - field , and 3000 or 4000 feet below it . It is highly interesting to consider how important a service the glaciers perform in the economy of nature . These dead and chilly liv § 18. - Avalanches and Snow - Storms . c 3.
Strona lix
... interesting results are the effects of chance , or of an accidental association of circumstances confined to a particular spot ? When we recollect that a space of upwards of a thousand square miles has been made subject to the inquiry ...
... interesting results are the effects of chance , or of an accidental association of circumstances confined to a particular spot ? When we recollect that a space of upwards of a thousand square miles has been made subject to the inquiry ...
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Strona 148 - 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.
Strona 291 - 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.
Strona 139 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand; For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand, Flashing and cast around: of all the band, The brightest through these parted hills hath fork'd His lightnings, — as if he did understand, That in such gaps as desolation work'd, There the hot shaft should blast whatever therein lurk'd.
Strona 139 - 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.
Strona 146 - But this is not all ; the feeling with which all around Clarens, and the opposite rocks of Meillerie, is invested, is of a still higher and more comprehensive order than the mere sympathy with individual passion ; it is a sense of the existence of love in its most extended and sublime capacity, and of our own participation of its good and of its glory : it is the great principle of the universe, which is there more condensed, but not less manifested ; and of which, though knowing ourselves a part,...
Strona 143 - 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.
Strona 139 - 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 ! And this is in the night : most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for
Strona 293 - They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Strona 144 - Je dirais volontiers à ceux qui ont du goût et qui sont sensibles : « Allez à Vevay, visitez le pays, examinez les sites, promenez-vous sur le lac, et dites si la nature n'a pas fait ce beau pays pour une Julie, pour une Claire, et pour un Saint-Preux, mais ne les y cherchez pas.
Strona 146 - And innocently open their glad wings, Fearless and full of life : the gush of springs, And fall of lofty fountains, and the bend Of stirring branches, and the bud which brings The swiftest thought of beauty, here extend, Mingling, and made by Love, unto one mighty end.