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Page 432
... occupied , 2 hours . The Lake is 25 miles long , and 23 miles broad at its widest part . Its scenery is not so grand as that of Lucerne , but is not excelled in beauty by that of any of the Swiss lakes . ) EAVING Zurich , by rail we ...
... occupied , 2 hours . The Lake is 25 miles long , and 23 miles broad at its widest part . Its scenery is not so grand as that of Lucerne , but is not excelled in beauty by that of any of the Swiss lakes . ) EAVING Zurich , by rail we ...
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... occupied by the valley of Interlaken , one of the most beautiful spots in Swit- zerland . Surrounded by lofty mountains , it is nevertheless open , and might almost be called a plain . On the east and west it looks towards the two lakes ...
... occupied by the valley of Interlaken , one of the most beautiful spots in Swit- zerland . Surrounded by lofty mountains , it is nevertheless open , and might almost be called a plain . On the east and west it looks towards the two lakes ...
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... behind which was a lake of considerable size . THE FAULHORN . - Grindelwald is a convenient point from which to reach the summit of this mountain ; time occupied in the ascent , 4 hours 2 C Route 109. - INTERLAKEN TO LAUTERBRUNNEN . 457.
... behind which was a lake of considerable size . THE FAULHORN . - Grindelwald is a convenient point from which to reach the summit of this mountain ; time occupied in the ascent , 4 hours 2 C Route 109. - INTERLAKEN TO LAUTERBRUNNEN . 457.
Page 458
Appleton D. and co. mountain ; time occupied in the ascent , 4 hours ; guide , 10 francs ; horse to the Faulhorn and back same day , 17 francs . There is a small hotel near the summit . The view embraces the mountains of the Bernese Ober ...
Appleton D. and co. mountain ; time occupied in the ascent , 4 hours ; guide , 10 francs ; horse to the Faulhorn and back same day , 17 francs . There is a small hotel near the summit . The view embraces the mountains of the Bernese Ober ...
Page 459
... occupied by Calvin is No. 11 , Rue des Chanoines . Rousseau lived at No. 40 , Grande Rue . The Commission which met at Geneva , in 1872 , to adjust the differences between the United States and Great Britain , grow- ing out of the ...
... occupied by Calvin is No. 11 , Rue des Chanoines . Rousseau lived at No. 40 , Grande Rue . The Commission which met at Geneva , in 1872 , to adjust the differences between the United States and Great Britain , grow- ing out of the ...
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Popular passages
Page 463 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, 1 Memoirs, p. 166. and all nature was silent.
Page 547 - IN the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng...
Page 888 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 884 - And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
Page 878 - And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Page 888 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 883 - And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Page 896 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 548 - Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art : Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart; And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone, By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own. In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust...
Page 536 - By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its base are heroes...