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... league 2 Eng . miles , 7 furlongs , 190 yards : - 4800 mètres , or 23 Swiss leagues , to a degree . In the following routes , = upon highroads which have been measured , the Swiss leagues xiv -SWISS MONEY TABLES . § 2.- DISTANCES.
... league 2 Eng . miles , 7 furlongs , 190 yards : - 4800 mètres , or 23 Swiss leagues , to a degree . In the following routes , = upon highroads which have been measured , the Swiss leagues xiv -SWISS MONEY TABLES . § 2.- DISTANCES.
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John Murray (Firm). upon highroads which have been measured , the Swiss leagues have been reduced to English miles at the rate of 3 Eng . m . per league . Upon this authentic basis the measurement of distances on the roads of Switzerland ...
John Murray (Firm). upon highroads which have been measured , the Swiss leagues have been reduced to English miles at the rate of 3 Eng . m . per league . Upon this authentic basis the measurement of distances on the roads of Switzerland ...
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... leagues , 32 to 46 miles a - day , proceeding at the rate of about 5 miles an hour 10 stunden a - day should be ... Leagues . Back - Fare . 18 13 Geneva to Berne by the Münster Thal 22 Basle to Coire 41 · Geneva 44 Lausanne 33 99 99 ...
... leagues , 32 to 46 miles a - day , proceeding at the rate of about 5 miles an hour 10 stunden a - day should be ... Leagues . Back - Fare . 18 13 Geneva to Berne by the Münster Thal 22 Basle to Coire 41 · Geneva 44 Lausanne 33 99 99 ...
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... League of Swiss Innkeepers . Tea or coffee , morning or evening , with bread , butter , and honey ( eggs and meat charged separately ) Ditto in private , each person charged extra Déjeûner à la fourchette ( table d'hôte ) Fr. fr . c . 1 ...
... League of Swiss Innkeepers . Tea or coffee , morning or evening , with bread , butter , and honey ( eggs and meat charged separately ) Ditto in private , each person charged extra Déjeûner à la fourchette ( table d'hôte ) Fr. fr . c . 1 ...
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... and the traveller will , for this reason , do well in reserving Mont Blanc , with its attendant aiguilles and circum- ambient leagues of ice , for the termination of his b 3 § 13. - OBJECTS MOST DESERVING OF NOTICE IN SWITZERLAND . xxxiii.
... and the traveller will , for this reason , do well in reserving Mont Blanc , with its attendant aiguilles and circum- ambient leagues of ice , for the termination of his b 3 § 13. - OBJECTS MOST DESERVING OF NOTICE IN SWITZERLAND . xxxiii.
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Page xxxiii - 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.
Page 151 - 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 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 160 - 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 150 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, 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 150 - 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...
Page 127 - Morat and Marathon twin names shall stand; They were true Glory's stainless victories, Won by the unambitious heart and hand Of a proud, brotherly...
Page 152 - Lake Leman woos me with its crystal face, The mirror where the stars and mountains view The stillness of their aspect in each trace Its clear depth yields of their far height and hue...
Page 75 - Ye toppling crags of ice! Ye avalanches, whom a breath draws down In mountainous o'erwhelming, come and crush me! I hear ye momently above, beneath, Crash with a frequent conflict; but ye pass, And only fall on things that still would live; On the young flourishing forest, or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager.
Page 158 - 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.