Hours of exercise in the Alps. [Followed by] Notes and comments on ice and glaciers [&c.].1871 |
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... blue of heaven and the peaks of the mountains ; then closing up again , and hiding in their dismal folds the very posts which stood at a distance of ten paces from the hotel door . The effects soon became exceedingly striking , the muta ...
... blue of heaven and the peaks of the mountains ; then closing up again , and hiding in their dismal folds the very posts which stood at a distance of ten paces from the hotel door . The effects soon became exceedingly striking , the muta ...
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... blue hills spread far away into Italy . I walked along the little arête , and sat down ; it was only broad enough for the foot , and in perfectly cold blood even this perhaps might have appeared uncomfortable . Turning to look at ...
... blue hills spread far away into Italy . I walked along the little arête , and sat down ; it was only broad enough for the foot , and in perfectly cold blood even this perhaps might have appeared uncomfortable . Turning to look at ...
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... blue , being illuminated solely by the reflected light of the sky ; the summit of the moun- tain , on the contrary , was crimson , being illuminated by transmitted light . The contrast of both was finer than I can describe . About ...
... blue , being illuminated solely by the reflected light of the sky ; the summit of the moun- tain , on the contrary , was crimson , being illuminated by transmitted light . The contrast of both was finer than I can describe . About ...
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... blue , but the thick stratum of horizontal air invested the snowy peaks with a veil of translucent haze , through which their vast and spectral outlines were clearly seen . As we rolled on towards Thun the haze thickened , while dense ...
... blue , but the thick stratum of horizontal air invested the snowy peaks with a veil of translucent haze , through which their vast and spectral outlines were clearly seen . As we rolled on towards Thun the haze thickened , while dense ...
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... blue- green sea . Beyond is the range which divides the Valais from Italy . Sweeping round , the vision meets an aggregate of peaks which look , as fledg- lings to their mother , towards the mighty Dom . Then come the repellent crags of ...
... blue- green sea . Beyond is the range which divides the Valais from Italy . Sweeping round , the vision meets an aggregate of peaks which look , as fledg- lings to their mother , towards the mighty Dom . Then come the repellent crags of ...
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