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... side by side , each traceable to its origin by the nature of the rocks composing it . " The moraines remain upon the surface of the glacier , and , unless after a very long or very uneven course , they are not dissipated or in- gulfed ...
... side by side , each traceable to its origin by the nature of the rocks composing it . " The moraines remain upon the surface of the glacier , and , unless after a very long or very uneven course , they are not dissipated or in- gulfed ...
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... side between 10 and 12 , from the S. side between 12 and 2 , and later in the day from the W. and N. This species is more dangerous in its effects , from the snow being clammy and adhesive , as well as hard and compact . Any object ...
... side between 10 and 12 , from the S. side between 12 and 2 , and later in the day from the W. and N. This species is more dangerous in its effects , from the snow being clammy and adhesive , as well as hard and compact . Any object ...
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... side , behind churches , houses , and other buildings , with an angle pointing upwards , in order to break and turn aside the snow . In some valleys great care is bestowed on the preservation of the forests clothing their sides , as the ...
... side , behind churches , houses , and other buildings , with an angle pointing upwards , in order to break and turn aside the snow . In some valleys great care is bestowed on the preservation of the forests clothing their sides , as the ...
Page lxii
... side of the actual line taken by the falling mass . It has all the effect of a blast of gunpowder : sometimes forest trees , growing near the sides of the channel down which the snow passes , are uprooted and laid prostrate , without ...
... side of the actual line taken by the falling mass . It has all the effect of a blast of gunpowder : sometimes forest trees , growing near the sides of the channel down which the snow passes , are uprooted and laid prostrate , without ...
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... side by the lower orders . The Swiss Baden , though not equal in beauty to its namesakes in other parts of Europe , has considerable attractions in the country around it , which is particularly interesting to the geologist , as ...
... side by the lower orders . The Swiss Baden , though not equal in beauty to its namesakes in other parts of Europe , has considerable attractions in the country around it , which is particularly interesting to the geologist , as ...
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Airolo Alpine Alps ancient ascent Austrian avalanches bank Basle baths beautiful Bellinzona Berne bridge called canton carriage castle châlets Chambéry Chamouny chapel char church crossed descends diligence distance fall feet Flüelen foot forest formed France French Freyburg Geneva glacier Glarus gorge Gothard Grimsel Grindelwald height hill horses Hospice houses Inhab inhabitants Inns Isère Jura lake lake of Lucerne lake of Zürich Lauterbrunnen leads leagues Lucerne Martigny Meyringen miles Mont Blanc Monte Rosa moun mountain mules nearly Neuchâtel opposite pass path peaks picturesque plain precipices ravine reached Reuss Rhine Rhone ridge Rigi rises river road rock route scene scenery Schaffhausen Schwytz seen side Simplon situated slope snow Splügen spot steamer steep stone stream summit Swiss Switzerland tains Thal Thun tion torrent town traveller traversed Val d'Aosta valley village walk walls Zürich
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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.