A Nook in the Apennines: Or, A Summer Beneath the ChestnutsC. Kegan Paul, 1881 - 285 Seiten |
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... turn . Round and round the points of precipitous mountains , now with the sun scorching us , then with a cold blast in our faces . Up , up , up - the thermometer which hangs in the carriage falling as we ascend , till it has marked 20 ...
... turn . Round and round the points of precipitous mountains , now with the sun scorching us , then with a cold blast in our faces . Up , up , up - the thermometer which hangs in the carriage falling as we ascend , till it has marked 20 ...
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... Turning eastward from the Villa , the view is entirely changed . There is the long , narrow valley of the Limano at our feet , between two chest- nut forests which climb the sides of our hill and the one opposite . In the midst rises a ...
... Turning eastward from the Villa , the view is entirely changed . There is the long , narrow valley of the Limano at our feet , between two chest- nut forests which climb the sides of our hill and the one opposite . In the midst rises a ...
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... turns out a famous talking machine , and will tell all the legends of the house like a book . The Antiquary glances at the chapel opposite , and wonders when it was built , and if it is as old as the Villa . The machine is immediately ...
... turns out a famous talking machine , and will tell all the legends of the house like a book . The Antiquary glances at the chapel opposite , and wonders when it was built , and if it is as old as the Villa . The machine is immediately ...
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... to stay five years with Lachesis , who clothes and feeds her in re- turn for her services , which is the usual agree- ment . Sometimes an extra payment is added in 2 the shape of a sack or two of chestnuts 42 A NOOK IN THE APENNINES .
... to stay five years with Lachesis , who clothes and feeds her in re- turn for her services , which is the usual agree- ment . Sometimes an extra payment is added in 2 the shape of a sack or two of chestnuts 42 A NOOK IN THE APENNINES .
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... turn put herself into position . " Go through with a thing " being a favourite maxim of the mother's , she resigned herself to the inevitable , and patiently turned over a new leaf . Filomena having critically inspected her own likeness ...
... turn put herself into position . " Go through with a thing " being a favourite maxim of the mother's , she resigned herself to the inevitable , and patiently turned over a new leaf . Filomena having critically inspected her own likeness ...
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