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Page 22
... 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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Page 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.
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Page 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.