A Nook in the Apennines: Or, A Summer Beneath the ChestnutsC. Kegan Paul, 1881 - 285 Seiten |
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... seems to come in sight , and we stop at length apparently in the high road , Yes ! there , high up above us on a rough lawn , is a large white house with rounded windows and arched green doors , and a cluster of cottages around it . A ...
... seems to come in sight , and we stop at length apparently in the high road , Yes ! there , high up above us on a rough lawn , is a large white house with rounded windows and arched green doors , and a cluster of cottages around it . A ...
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... seem revenging themselves for the centuries . of trampling under foot which they have endured , by standing independently on end , in all posi- tions , to the great peril of unwary passers - by , — we reach the waterfall ; cross above ...
... seem revenging themselves for the centuries . of trampling under foot which they have endured , by standing independently on end , in all posi- tions , to the great peril of unwary passers - by , — we reach the waterfall ; cross above ...
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... seems like a dome of rose - coloured cloud . And every range and every hill has a different character . The Poggio Bombolante stands up grand and rugged in front of us , dividing the one vale from the other . It has two great peaks that ...
... seems like a dome of rose - coloured cloud . And every range and every hill has a different character . The Poggio Bombolante stands up grand and rugged in front of us , dividing the one vale from the other . It has two great peaks that ...
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... seem to hang in air , so high and so perilous is their position . The valley on the right of our panorama is not so complicated to our view . The mountain called the Libro Aperto , or " open book , " runs along forming an undulating sky ...
... seem to hang in air , so high and so perilous is their position . The valley on the right of our panorama is not so complicated to our view . The mountain called the Libro Aperto , or " open book , " runs along forming an undulating sky ...
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... seem alive themselves . They come rolling in masses over the points as if a giant hand were pushing them from behind ; they make one think of Sisyphus rolling his stones up the hill in Hades , with such force do they seem propelled over ...
... seem alive themselves . They come rolling in masses over the points as if a giant hand were pushing them from behind ; they make one think of Sisyphus rolling his stones up the hill in Hades , with such force do they seem propelled over ...
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