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... passed over the top of that mountain , drew attention from the almost continued contem- he gained the base of the chief ascent , after not plation of the Alpine view beyond . Yet lofty as more than three hours ' continuous walking ...
... passed over the top of that mountain , drew attention from the almost continued contem- he gained the base of the chief ascent , after not plation of the Alpine view beyond . Yet lofty as more than three hours ' continuous walking ...
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... passing , unprovided as we were with long ropes or ladders . Nothing remained but to resume the track we had at first ... passed earlier in many places where the chamois had not ventured ; but the case was now different on the hard ice ...
... passing , unprovided as we were with long ropes or ladders . Nothing remained but to resume the track we had at first ... passed earlier in many places where the chamois had not ventured ; but the case was now different on the hard ice ...
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... passed for being the dent ; but the blocks in question seemed entirely analogous in character and position to other insu- lated masses so frequent in Switzerland , and of which the presumed mode of movement is so great- ly strengthened ...
... passed for being the dent ; but the blocks in question seemed entirely analogous in character and position to other insu- lated masses so frequent in Switzerland , and of which the presumed mode of movement is so great- ly strengthened ...
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... passed this way and ascertained his fate . The hands were gloved , and in the pockets , in the atti- tude of a person maintaining the last glow of heat , and the body being extended on the snow , which was pretty steep , it appeared ...
... passed this way and ascertained his fate . The hands were gloved , and in the pockets , in the atti- tude of a person maintaining the last glow of heat , and the body being extended on the snow , which was pretty steep , it appeared ...
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... passed when he last crossed , and to have successfully reached the glacier below . We began cautiously to de- scend , for it was an absolute precipice : Pralong first , and I following , leaving the other guides to wait about the middle ...
... passed when he last crossed , and to have successfully reached the glacier below . We began cautiously to de- scend , for it was an absolute precipice : Pralong first , and I following , leaving the other guides to wait about the middle ...
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Admiral amongst animal appeared arms Barnton beautiful boat British called cause character Charles Simeon child church death Duke enemy England English eyes father favor feeling feet fish France French Galileo gentleman George Selwyn give glacier Granville Sharpe hand happy head heard heart honor hope horses hour Hudson's Bay Company interest Isaac Milner king labors Lady land late less letters light live look Lord Madame de Staël means ment mind morning Morocco mother nature never night observed officers once party passed perhaps persons poet political poor possession present Queen's Rangers remarkable rendered Russia says scarcely scene seemed seen Selwyn Sir Robert Peel soon spirit Tangier things thou thought tion took truth Westminster Abbey whilst whole young
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Seite 201 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Seite 192 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Seite 148 - That first excites desire, and then supplies ; Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy, To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.
Seite 135 - When we got to Temple Bar he stopped me, pointed to the heads upon it, and slily whispered me, ' Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur ISTIS.
Seite 64 - Good angels lead thee ! Set thy sails warily, Tempests will come ; Steer thy course steadily : Christian, steer home ! Look to the weather-bow, Breakers are round thee ; Let fall the plummet now, Shallows may ground thee. Reef in the foresail, there ! Hold the helm fast ! So — let the vessel wear — There swept the blast. "What of the night, watchman?
Seite 223 - Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou are a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Seite 149 - And as he's running by, Follow him with my eye, Scarcely believing that — he is not there. I know his face is hid Under the coffin lid ; Closed are his eyes; cold is his forehead fair; My hand that marble felt ; O'er it in prayer I knelt ; Yet my heart whispers that — he is not there.
Seite 105 - Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap ; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them : how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Seite 87 - DRESSES AND DECORATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries. 94 Plates, beautifully Coloured, a profusion of Initial Letters, and Examples of Curious Ornament, with Historical Introduction and Descriptive Text.
Seite 224 - Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? How silent did his old companions tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings.