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.].1842 |
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Page ix
... Martigny , by Lau- . sanne , Vevay , Chillon , Bex , and St. Maurice 78 Pass of the Lukmanier — Dis- sentis to Olivone , in the Val Blegno 212 153 · 57 Geneva to Martigny , by Thonon and Meillerie , along the south shore of the lake of ...
... Martigny , by Lau- . sanne , Vevay , Chillon , Bex , and St. Maurice 78 Pass of the Lukmanier — Dis- sentis to Olivone , in the Val Blegno 212 153 · 57 Geneva to Martigny , by Thonon and Meillerie , along the south shore of the lake of ...
Page x
... Martigny to Aosta . • 251 253 109 103 Romagnano to Turin 104 Varallo to Chatillon , in the Val d'Aosta , by the Passes of the Col de Val Dobbia , the Col de Ranzola , and the Col de Jon , crossing the Val de Lys and the Val Chal- lant ...
... Martigny to Aosta . • 251 253 109 103 Romagnano to Turin 104 Varallo to Chatillon , in the Val d'Aosta , by the Passes of the Col de Val Dobbia , the Col de Ranzola , and the Col de Jon , crossing the Val de Lys and the Val Chal- lant ...
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... Martigny , by the Tete Noire , Trient , and the Col de Forclaz PAGE 304 ROUTE 126 Pont Beauvoisin to Cham- berry , by Aiguebellette 127 Pont de Beauvoisin to Tu- rin , by les Echelles , Cham- berry , and the Pass of Mont Cenis xi PAGE ...
... Martigny , by the Tete Noire , Trient , and the Col de Forclaz PAGE 304 ROUTE 126 Pont Beauvoisin to Cham- berry , by Aiguebellette 127 Pont de Beauvoisin to Tu- rin , by les Echelles , Cham- berry , and the Pass of Mont Cenis xi PAGE ...
Page xxxv
... Martigny , sometimes called Pissevache . 7. Reichenbach Fall . 8. The Fall of Pianazzo , or of the Medessimo , on the Splügen . 9. Turtmagne Fall , near the Simplon road . Other falls , too numerous to mention , are not placed ( to use ...
... Martigny , sometimes called Pissevache . 7. Reichenbach Fall . 8. The Fall of Pianazzo , or of the Medessimo , on the Splügen . 9. Turtmagne Fall , near the Simplon road . Other falls , too numerous to mention , are not placed ( to use ...
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... Martigny . Sallenche in a hired carriage . Chamouni in a char - à - banc . Montanvert . 9 † Martigny . Tête Noire . Chamouni . xlv Geneva - home through France , 10 12 or by 13 Bern . 14 Basle . Flegère . Col de Balme and Tête Noire to ...
... Martigny . Sallenche in a hired carriage . Chamouni in a char - à - banc . Montanvert . 9 † Martigny . Tête Noire . Chamouni . xlv Geneva - home through France , 10 12 or by 13 Bern . 14 Basle . Flegère . Col de Balme and Tête Noire to ...
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Airolo Alpine Alps ancient ascend Austrian avalanches Bâle bank Basle baths beautiful Berne Bernese Bienne bridge called canton carriage castle chalets Chamouny chapel char church Coire cross descend diligence distance English fall feet foot forest formed France French Freyburg Geneva glacier Glarus gorge Gothard Grimsel Grindelwald height hill horses Hospice inhabitants Inns Jura lake lake of Lucerne Lausanne Lauterbrunnen leads Limmat Linth Lucerne Martigny Meyringen miles Mont Blanc Monte Rosa moun mountain Moutiers mules nearly Neuchâtel pass path peaks picturesque plain precipices reached Reuss Rhine Rhone Righi rises river road rock Roman Route Route 27 Route 56 scene scenery Schaffhausen Schwytz seen side Simplon situated slope snow Soleure Splügen spot steep stone stunden summit Swiss Switzerland tains Thal Thun tion torrent town traveller traversed valley village walk Wallenstadt walls Weggis Zurich
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Page 151 - 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!
Page 151 - 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 ! 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!
Page 319 - 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.
Page 151 - 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...
Page 161 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Page 152 - Sky, mountains, river, winds, lake, lightnings! Ye! With night, and clouds, and thunder, and a soul To make these felt and feeling, well may be Things that have made me watchful ; the far roll Of your departing voices, is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless, — if I rest. But where of ye, oh tempests ! is the goal ? Are ye like those within the human breast? Or do ye find, at length, like eagles, some high nest?
Page 161 - 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.
Page 156 - 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.
Page 43 - Mountains have fallen, Leaving a gap in the clouds, and with the shock Rocking their Alpine brethren; filling up The ripe green valleys with destruction's splinters; Damming the rivers with a sudden dash, Which crush'd the waters into mist and made Their fountains find another channel — thus, 414 LORD BYRON Thus, in its old age, did Mount Rosenberg — Why stood I not beneath it ? C.
Page 132 - ... demi-lieue de tour ; l'autre plus petite, déserte et en friche, et qui sera détruite à la fin par les transports de la terre qu'on en ôte sans cesse pour réparer les dégâts que les vagues et les orages font à la grande.