Memoirs and Letters of the Late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B.: Aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's Forces in IndiaLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858 - 313 sider |
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... wood , we arrived at a sort of platform in the glacier , where it descends from the mountains , and from whence , tossed into pyramids and masses of transparent ice , it projects into the valley . A troop of women and children ...
... wood , we arrived at a sort of platform in the glacier , where it descends from the mountains , and from whence , tossed into pyramids and masses of transparent ice , it projects into the valley . A troop of women and children ...
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... wood of the rocks opposite , and of a moun- tain a little beyond cultivated and covered with châlets nearly to its summit , are of extreme beauty . On return- ing to Chamounix I enquired for my friend , and heard to my surprise that he ...
... wood of the rocks opposite , and of a moun- tain a little beyond cultivated and covered with châlets nearly to its summit , are of extreme beauty . On return- ing to Chamounix I enquired for my friend , and heard to my surprise that he ...
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... wood it was quite dark , and my animal carried her head within two inches of the ground ; whenever she apprehended any difficulty , she stopped , and felt the rock with her nose before she trusted herself upon it . Having breakfasted ...
... wood it was quite dark , and my animal carried her head within two inches of the ground ; whenever she apprehended any difficulty , she stopped , and felt the rock with her nose before she trusted herself upon it . Having breakfasted ...
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... wood and every romantic beauty lay before us . The last rays of the setting sun , which shed a fluctuating red over the partially clouded heavens , coloured with tints of rose and pink the whole tremendous chain of snow - capped Alps ...
... wood and every romantic beauty lay before us . The last rays of the setting sun , which shed a fluctuating red over the partially clouded heavens , coloured with tints of rose and pink the whole tremendous chain of snow - capped Alps ...
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... woods , and by deserted chalets , to a point where a spectacle so magnificent , so extraordinary , so unique , that all description would be vain , struck my astonished view . The newly risen sun shone over my head , and illumined an ...
... woods , and by deserted chalets , to a point where a spectacle so magnificent , so extraordinary , so unique , that all description would be vain , struck my astonished view . The newly risen sun shone over my head , and illumined an ...
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