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Page 116
... gneiss of the Montanvert , near the Châlets of Blaitière dessous . " Some idea may be formed of the nature of these incurvations by supposing the gneiss beds to have been in a plastic state , either from the action of heat or of some ...
... gneiss of the Montanvert , near the Châlets of Blaitière dessous . " Some idea may be formed of the nature of these incurvations by supposing the gneiss beds to have been in a plastic state , either from the action of heat or of some ...
Page 130
John Ruskin. but never reaches anything like the noble hues of the gneiss and slate ; the very lichens which grow upon it are poorer and paler ; and although the deep wood mosses will sometimes bury it alto- gether in golden cushions ...
John Ruskin. but never reaches anything like the noble hues of the gneiss and slate ; the very lichens which grow upon it are poorer and paler ; and although the deep wood mosses will sometimes bury it alto- gether in golden cushions ...
Page 136
... gneiss ; black , in the lias limestones ; and all these , together with pure white , in the marbles . One color only we hardly ever get in an exposed rock - that dull brown which we noticed above , in speaking of color generally , as ...
... gneiss ; black , in the lias limestones ; and all these , together with pure white , in the marbles . One color only we hardly ever get in an exposed rock - that dull brown which we noticed above , in speaking of color generally , as ...
Page 160
... gneiss . But in all these cases the materials are so hardened and knit together that to all intents and purposes they form one solid mass , and when the forms are to be of the boldest character possible , this solid mass is un ...
... gneiss . But in all these cases the materials are so hardened and knit together that to all intents and purposes they form one solid mass , and when the forms are to be of the boldest character possible , this solid mass is un ...
Page 169
... gneiss of the great angle opposite Martigny are the most magnificent I ever saw in the Alps ; those above the channel of the Trient , between Valorsine and the valley of the Rhone , the most in- teresting . is to say , at the centre of ...
... gneiss of the great angle opposite Martigny are the most magnificent I ever saw in the Alps ; those above the channel of the Trient , between Valorsine and the valley of the Rhone , the most in- teresting . is to say , at the centre of ...
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Aiguille Albert Durer Alps appear artist bank beauty beds blue broken Chamouni chapter character Charmoz chlorite cleavage cliff clouds color composed contour crest curvature curves daguerreotype dark débris drawing earth edge examine expression fact Faido fall farther feeling feet flakes Fribourg give glacier gneiss granite grey heaven hills human imagination J. M. W. Turner kind landscape less light limestone lines look lower lowland Martigny Martin Schöngauer mass Matterhorn mica mind Mont Blanc moun mountain mystery nature nearly never noble observe outline paint painters Paul Veronese peaks perfect pine Plate Pre-Raphaelitism precipice purple ravines reader Rembrandt ridge rock round scene scenery seen shade shadows side slaty crystallines slope soft steep stones straight stream structure substance summit supposed Switzerland tain things tion Titian torrent trees true truth Turner Turnerian Valais valley waves whole
Popular passages
Page 53 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 371 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 84 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 316 - For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 363 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 369 - Frascati villa with its bath, So, let the blue lump poise between my knees, Like God the Father's globe on both His hands Ye worship in the Jesu Church so gay, For Gandolf shall not choose but see and burst! Swift as a weaver's shuttle fleet our years: Man goeth to the grave, and where is he?
Page 369 - Ready to twitch the Nymph's last garment off, And Moses with the tables . . . but I know Ye mark me not! What do they whisper thee, Child of my bowels, Anselm?
Page 53 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
Page 88 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 316 - For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field : And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.