The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine Arts, Volume 10Edward Mammatt Simpkin and Marshall, 1840 - Art |
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... mountain chain . From Geneva they will burry to Chamounix , to see the glories of Mont Blanc ; then , if they pro- pose making a regular Swiss tour , will return to Geneva , go to Berne , thence to Thun de Grindelwald , and Meyringen ...
... mountain chain . From Geneva they will burry to Chamounix , to see the glories of Mont Blanc ; then , if they pro- pose making a regular Swiss tour , will return to Geneva , go to Berne , thence to Thun de Grindelwald , and Meyringen ...
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... mountains , but also of the habits , manners , and appearance , of the people , little aware that the annual influx of ... mountain home and their liberty . In order to discover the very existence of this real Swiss feeling , it is ...
... mountains , but also of the habits , manners , and appearance , of the people , little aware that the annual influx of ... mountain home and their liberty . In order to discover the very existence of this real Swiss feeling , it is ...
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... mountains well known under the name of " The Jura . " This chain of the Jura extends for about one hundred and fifty ... mountain of the Saleve , which rises immediately to the south of that city . Such is the gene- ral appearance of the ...
... mountains well known under the name of " The Jura . " This chain of the Jura extends for about one hundred and fifty ... mountain of the Saleve , which rises immediately to the south of that city . Such is the gene- ral appearance of the ...
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... mountains in this western part of Switzerland without their proper amount of cold and ice . There are natural ice caverns , where the warmth of the sun never penetrates , and where the rich tracery of nature's crystalline architecture ...
... mountains in this western part of Switzerland without their proper amount of cold and ice . There are natural ice caverns , where the warmth of the sun never penetrates , and where the rich tracery of nature's crystalline architecture ...
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... mountain , the intervening valley is the first darkened - the rich but sombre forests which clothe the sides of that as of most of the Jura mountains , the contrast of bright green corn- fields , which nothing can make to look gloomy ...
... mountain , the intervening valley is the first darkened - the rich but sombre forests which clothe the sides of that as of most of the Jura mountains , the contrast of bright green corn- fields , which nothing can make to look gloomy ...
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