Continental Adventures: A Novel ...Hurst & Robinson, 1826 |
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... deep narrow Alpine vallies ; and conse- quently in many of the lateral glens which open from the Valais into the mountains , they are said to be even more universal than in the Va- lais itself . Did you never , in passing along a road ...
... deep narrow Alpine vallies ; and conse- quently in many of the lateral glens which open from the Valais into the mountains , they are said to be even more universal than in the Va- lais itself . Did you never , in passing along a road ...
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... of the mountain , but through one of the numerous deep precipitous ravines , or Cols , as they are called , generally formed by the course of a tor- VOL . III . 2 rent , which , like cracks in their sides , THE SIMPLON . 13.
... of the mountain , but through one of the numerous deep precipitous ravines , or Cols , as they are called , generally formed by the course of a tor- VOL . III . 2 rent , which , like cracks in their sides , THE SIMPLON . 13.
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... deep ravine beneath , at whose bottom the thunder of the river is heard , though from its immense depth , the eye vainly seeks to trace it ; and from the summit of the cliffs by the road side , immediately above our head , descend ...
... deep ravine beneath , at whose bottom the thunder of the river is heard , though from its immense depth , the eye vainly seeks to trace it ; and from the summit of the cliffs by the road side , immediately above our head , descend ...
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... deep channel along the base of the precipice , and keeping it clear of the stones which might fall , to allow the water to drain off . An engi- neer whom we saw employed in directing the repairs of the road , also told us , that from ...
... deep channel along the base of the precipice , and keeping it clear of the stones which might fall , to allow the water to drain off . An engi- neer whom we saw employed in directing the repairs of the road , also told us , that from ...
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... deep . One - whose every glance was purity - whose every thought breathed virtue - who ' seemed the connect- ing link between women and angels : ' * on whose VOL . III . * Said of the late Mrs. Sheridan . 5 * ' enchanting face you could ...
... deep . One - whose every glance was purity - whose every thought breathed virtue - who ' seemed the connect- ing link between women and angels : ' * on whose VOL . III . * Said of the late Mrs. Sheridan . 5 * ' enchanting face you could ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
agony Alps asked banditti beautiful Bellairs Blue Devils boat Breadal Breadalbane Brieg Cadenabbia Caroline St Caroline's Chiavenna child Choiseul Clair Cleve Colonel Cleveland Count Montini countenance daughter dear deep delight Diogenes dreadful dress English escape exclaimed eyes father feelings felt Florence Grindelwald hand happiness head heard heart heaven honour hope Hunlocke's instantly Italian Italy knew Lady Hunlocke Lady Montfort Lady St lake Lake Lugano Lake of Como land laughing learnt letter Lindsay Lindsay's look Lord Lumbercourt Lord Montfort Lord Roslin Lord Setoun lover Lugano M'cMuckleman Margaret St marriage marry Milan mind misery Miss Emily Harriet Miss St morning mountains never night once party pass passion Porlezza promise refuse road robbers Sbirri scarcely scene seemed shew smile soon Swiss tell thing thou thought tion told tone tree utter Valais village voice wife woman words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 78 - She that has that is clad in complete steel ; And, like a quiver'd nymph, with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds, Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity...
Página 52 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Página 283 - Kept the word of promise to the ear, But broke it to the hope.
Página 78 - Chi va lontan da la sua patria, vede cose, da quel che già credea, lontane; che narrandole poi, non se gli crede, e stimato bugiardo ne rimane: che '1 sciocco vulgo non gli vuol dar fede, se non le vede e tocca chiare e piane.
Página 184 - Ah me ! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or hiftory, The courfe of true love never did run fmooth : But, either it was different in blood ; Her. O crofs ! too high to be enthrall'd to low ! Lyf.
Página 196 - Not to a rage : patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once : her smiles and tears
Página 70 - Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright, and coy; We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it, but rank poison in your veins...
Página 162 - Ay, now am I in Arden; the more fool I; when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travelers must be content.
Página 53 - Though higher of the genial bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem, So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions...
Página 1 - Bears me remote, o'er Gallia's woody bounds, O'er the cloud-piercing Alps remote ; beyond The vale of Arno purpled with the vine, Beyond the Umbrian and Etruscan hills, To Latium's wide champain, forlorn and waste, Where yellow Tiber his neglected wave Mournfully rolls.