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... arrived there marched out to seek them . At daybreak , they found before the village of Pratteln many thousand Armagnacs , who drove them back in mur- derous combat into the trenches at Muttenz , and out of the trenches into the waters ...
... arrived there marched out to seek them . At daybreak , they found before the village of Pratteln many thousand Armagnacs , who drove them back in mur- derous combat into the trenches at Muttenz , and out of the trenches into the waters ...
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... . - See the Giessbach ; get early to Interlacken , a three - hours ' walk ; visit the environs ; depart from Neuhaus at four P.M. , and arrive at Berne at nine of the same evening . TOUR OF FOUR DAYS . First Day . - As 40 THE OBERLAND .
... . - See the Giessbach ; get early to Interlacken , a three - hours ' walk ; visit the environs ; depart from Neuhaus at four P.M. , and arrive at Berne at nine of the same evening . TOUR OF FOUR DAYS . First Day . - As 40 THE OBERLAND .
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... arrival of every steamer : fare , 1 franc . Carriage hire here , and at Interlacken , is regulated by an authoritative tariff of charges , the chief items of which follow : - From Neuhaus to Interlacken , with 1 horse ( einspän- ing ) ...
... arrival of every steamer : fare , 1 franc . Carriage hire here , and at Interlacken , is regulated by an authoritative tariff of charges , the chief items of which follow : - From Neuhaus to Interlacken , with 1 horse ( einspän- ing ) ...
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... arriving at Handek , but it is by no means so good as the points of view above . These points are very accessible , and from a bridge thrown directly over the main fall you may look down into the abyss where the cataract crashes . A ...
... arriving at Handek , but it is by no means so good as the points of view above . These points are very accessible , and from a bridge thrown directly over the main fall you may look down into the abyss where the cataract crashes . A ...
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... and Money tra- versed the St. Gothard , fighting incessantly all the way along the Val Levantine as far as to Lugano and Como , where they arrived in June . It seems almost incredible THE HOSPICE OF ST . GOTHARD . 78.
... and Money tra- versed the St. Gothard , fighting incessantly all the way along the Val Levantine as far as to Lugano and Como , where they arrived in June . It seems almost incredible THE HOSPICE OF ST . GOTHARD . 78.
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Page 115 - It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellowed and mingling, yet distinctly seen, Save darken'd 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; LXXXVII.
Page 115 - 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...
Page 115 - Though in their souls, which thus each other thwarted, Love was the very root of the fond rage Which blighted their life's bloom, and then departed : — Itself expired, but leaving them an age Of years all winters — war within themselves to wage.
Page 107 - 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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 115 - 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.
Page 115 - 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...
Page 139 - 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.
Page 134 - 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...
Page 137 - 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.
Page 115 - 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.