A Nook in the Apennines: Or, A Summer Beneath the ChestnutsC. Kegan Paul, 1881 - 285 Seiten |
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... road , descending by the way we have come ; our drivers mount , brace up their steeds to action , screw the drags to full pressure , and we bowl merrily down into a new series of hills and valleys . Then we begin to look out for a white ...
... road , descending by the way we have come ; our drivers mount , brace up their steeds to action , screw the drags to full pressure , and we bowl merrily down into a new series of hills and valleys . Then we begin to look out for a white ...
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... road winding its stony way amongst them . This rough path , which is paved in the true Etruscan and Roman style , was once the only high road to Modena ; but in those days . travelling carriages were not in use . Following the mule road ...
... road winding its stony way amongst them . This rough path , which is paved in the true Etruscan and Roman style , was once the only high road to Modena ; but in those days . travelling carriages were not in use . Following the mule road ...
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... road in those days , and they did not use wheeled con- veyances , -up rode the ecclesiastics , and a little . way off , at the stone quarries , there was a mason in his dusty working dress . He was the padre himself , you know , " half ...
... road in those days , and they did not use wheeled con- veyances , -up rode the ecclesiastics , and a little . way off , at the stone quarries , there was a mason in his dusty working dress . He was the padre himself , you know , " half ...
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... road , is a curious relic of antiquity , a tiny , quaint old church , called the " Pieve , " said to have been built in the 11th century by the Countess Matilda , who was ruler of Tuscany at that time , and very devoted to the Church ...
... road , is a curious relic of antiquity , a tiny , quaint old church , called the " Pieve , " said to have been built in the 11th century by the Countess Matilda , who was ruler of Tuscany at that time , and very devoted to the Church ...
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... road made by modern engineers , which winds round the sides of the mountains , sacrificing distance and time to gain a more level route ; and the old mule track , which has been used for centuries by the mountaineers , and which leads ...
... road made by modern engineers , which winds round the sides of the mountains , sacrificing distance and time to gain a more level route ; and the old mule track , which has been used for centuries by the mountaineers , and which leads ...
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