Pau and the PyreneesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 82 páginas |
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... snow , of hills and plains , of woods and water , harmoniously and majestically blended in the splendour of southern skies . Begun as late as 1363 by Gaston Phoebus , Count de Foix , a prince famous for his courage , his beauty , and ...
... snow , of hills and plains , of woods and water , harmoniously and majestically blended in the splendour of southern skies . Begun as late as 1363 by Gaston Phoebus , Count de Foix , a prince famous for his courage , his beauty , and ...
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... snow remain on those secondary summits ' which alone can be seen from so short a distance . The actual zone of perpetual snow in the Pyrenees has a vertical height of 2,000 feet . In fact it is not fair in any way to compare the Pau ...
... snow remain on those secondary summits ' which alone can be seen from so short a distance . The actual zone of perpetual snow in the Pyrenees has a vertical height of 2,000 feet . In fact it is not fair in any way to compare the Pau ...
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... snow begins in any part of the Western Pyrenees . For instance , that square massive mountain on the east ( left ) of Louvie , being on a level with Gabas , there will be snow at both or neither , & c . I will not end this chapter on ...
... snow begins in any part of the Western Pyrenees . For instance , that square massive mountain on the east ( left ) of Louvie , being on a level with Gabas , there will be snow at both or neither , & c . I will not end this chapter on ...
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... snow . Beyond all that , walling the whole of the southern horizon , 120 miles of snowy peaks stand up , like a long army of gigantic and frozen divinities ; but though so cold above , they seem to smoke below , in the blaze of the sun ...
... snow . Beyond all that , walling the whole of the southern horizon , 120 miles of snowy peaks stand up , like a long army of gigantic and frozen divinities ; but though so cold above , they seem to smoke below , in the blaze of the sun ...
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... snow fallen from the ravines above , you wind your way up a very good track through fine forests . Fifteen minutes beyond Gabas you pass a noble waterfall on your left , and a few minutes after , a goat's track rising to the left on ...
... snow fallen from the ravines above , you wind your way up a very good track through fine forests . Fifteen minutes beyond Gabas you pass a noble waterfall on your left , and a few minutes after , a goat's track rising to the left on ...
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