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... slopes of the Apennines , on the shadowy hills of Vallombrosa . Its very name , which Milton has made familiar to English ears , has a poetic and romantic attraction ; and when- ever it is pronounced , there rises in the memory his ...
... slopes of the Apennines , on the shadowy hills of Vallombrosa . Its very name , which Milton has made familiar to English ears , has a poetic and romantic attraction ; and when- ever it is pronounced , there rises in the memory his ...
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... slopes and vineyards that lie silent in the blue haze of distance , spotted by wandering cloud - shades , and taking every hue of changeful light from the pearly gleams of early morning to the gorgeous golden transmutations of twi ...
... slopes and vineyards that lie silent in the blue haze of distance , spotted by wandering cloud - shades , and taking every hue of changeful light from the pearly gleams of early morning to the gorgeous golden transmutations of twi ...
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... slopes , their yellow leaves glowing in the autumn sun . Sombre groves of firs , mar- shalled along the hillsides for miles , stand solemn and dark . Beech - trees rear at intervals their smooth trunks , or gather together in close and ...
... slopes , their yellow leaves glowing in the autumn sun . Sombre groves of firs , mar- shalled along the hillsides for miles , stand solemn and dark . Beech - trees rear at intervals their smooth trunks , or gather together in close and ...
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... furious trum- peting comes up the cloven defiles , and strikes the bare vast slopes of the shorn hills , and , roar- ing for battle , sweeps thundering down the val- STORMS IN THE APENNINES . 13 ley , crowding before 12 VALLOMBROSA .
... furious trum- peting comes up the cloven defiles , and strikes the bare vast slopes of the shorn hills , and , roar- ing for battle , sweeps thundering down the val- STORMS IN THE APENNINES . 13 ley , crowding before 12 VALLOMBROSA .
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... slopes from which not even the hay is mown ; and the greater part of the house was torn down by order of the Government a couple of years ago for what reason it is difficult to imagine , as it was strongly built of solid stone , and ...
... slopes from which not even the hay is mown ; and the greater part of the house was torn down by order of the Government a couple of years ago for what reason it is difficult to imagine , as it was strongly built of solid stone , and ...
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