The Cairngorm MountainsWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1864 - 120 páginas |
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... height , I scarcely know another mountain of which it is so easy to reach the top . He stands majestic and alone , his own spurs more nearly rivalling him than any of the neighbouring hills . Rising straight from the sea , his whole height ...
... height , I scarcely know another mountain of which it is so easy to reach the top . He stands majestic and alone , his own spurs more nearly rivalling him than any of the neighbouring hills . Rising straight from the sea , his whole height ...
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... height , the hoary remains of the primeval forest , the fields of eternal snow , and the deep black lakes at the foot of the precipices , are full of such associ- ations of awe and grandeur and mystery , as no other scenery in Britain ...
... height , the hoary remains of the primeval forest , the fields of eternal snow , and the deep black lakes at the foot of the precipices , are full of such associ- ations of awe and grandeur and mystery , as no other scenery in Britain ...
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John Hill Burton. difference in height becomes a vast difference in position when it determines who is highest . In many arenas of human struggle , he who is just perceptibly above the second in strength is the illustrious leader of whom ...
John Hill Burton. difference in height becomes a vast difference in position when it determines who is highest . In many arenas of human struggle , he who is just perceptibly above the second in strength is the illustrious leader of whom ...
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... heights that rise so gradually before him drop to the east . This class of mountain scenery , in fact , does not tell what it is at a distance . Even the great precipice in Lochin - ye - gair , viewed many miles off , looks like a mere ...
... heights that rise so gradually before him drop to the east . This class of mountain scenery , in fact , does not tell what it is at a distance . Even the great precipice in Lochin - ye - gair , viewed many miles off , looks like a mere ...
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... height , closing it up again , or revealing half of its terrors , and enhancing them by mystery , while the ear is kept in awe by strange eldritch sounds -perhaps they are the mutterings of thunder , perhaps flighty , impulsive gusts of ...
... height , closing it up again , or revealing half of its terrors , and enhancing them by mystery , while the ear is kept in awe by strange eldritch sounds -perhaps they are the mutterings of thunder , perhaps flighty , impulsive gusts of ...
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