A sketch of a tour in Switzerland, in a series of letters |
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... glacier of the Rheinwaid , and the Vorder - Rhein which takes its rise on the east side of Mount - St. - Gothard , in the lake of Toma , at an altitude of 2,572 yards above sea- level . For the first 60 miles of its course it is purely ...
... glacier of the Rheinwaid , and the Vorder - Rhein which takes its rise on the east side of Mount - St. - Gothard , in the lake of Toma , at an altitude of 2,572 yards above sea- level . For the first 60 miles of its course it is purely ...
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... glacier , the waters of which may be seen boiling in a deep chasm which they have worn some 200 feet below . This took place before we had reached the spot , and it was a mercy that neither of them , or both , was precipitated to the ...
... glacier , the waters of which may be seen boiling in a deep chasm which they have worn some 200 feet below . This took place before we had reached the spot , and it was a mercy that neither of them , or both , was precipitated to the ...
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... Glaciers . These are almost within a stone's throw of human habitations . solid icebergs of the Lower Glacier des- cend to a point only 3200 feet above the level of the sea . The minarets of ice that rise in various height and form are ...
... Glaciers . These are almost within a stone's throw of human habitations . solid icebergs of the Lower Glacier des- cend to a point only 3200 feet above the level of the sea . The minarets of ice that rise in various height and form are ...
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... Glacier , we went into several caverns of ice . An um- brella , furnished by the man who showed them , defended us from the drops , or rather little streams , which fell from the thawing ice above our heads as we entered them . " O Lord ...
... Glacier , we went into several caverns of ice . An um- brella , furnished by the man who showed them , defended us from the drops , or rather little streams , which fell from the thawing ice above our heads as we entered them . " O Lord ...
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... glaciers which stream into the valley . " [ Murray . ] When we left the house of refuge or Inn on the Col de Balme , the master of which was not very courteous , the wind from the valley into which we were going to descend was so high ...
... glaciers which stream into the valley . " [ Murray . ] When we left the house of refuge or Inn on the Col de Balme , the master of which was not very courteous , the wind from the valley into which we were going to descend was so high ...
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Página 89 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 33 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Página 47 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time : also he hath set the world in their heart; so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Página 101 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 37 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 9 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Página 69 - They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.