Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine LandsW.H. Allen, 1884 - 150 páginas |
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... charming Bavarian friends - passing down by the Achensee , visiting Partenkirchen and Garmisch , and winding up with the Passion play at Ober - Ammergau . The year following , the same beautiful country was invaded from the south , by ...
... charming Bavarian friends - passing down by the Achensee , visiting Partenkirchen and Garmisch , and winding up with the Passion play at Ober - Ammergau . The year following , the same beautiful country was invaded from the south , by ...
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... charming provinces - in the two Austrias , or in Tirol , or in Styria , or in Carniola , or in Carinthia , or in the Bavarian Highlands , or in all . The warm - hearted , manly , generous , and kindly people who inhabit them always give ...
... charming provinces - in the two Austrias , or in Tirol , or in Styria , or in Carniola , or in Carinthia , or in the Bavarian Highlands , or in all . The warm - hearted , manly , generous , and kindly people who inhabit them always give ...
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... charming , than those mentioned in these pages . But they would want , I fear , the freshness , the sense of delightful novelty , the feeling of anticipations more than realised , which possessed me on the first occasion . There is ...
... charming , than those mentioned in these pages . But they would want , I fear , the freshness , the sense of delightful novelty , the feeling of anticipations more than realised , which possessed me on the first occasion . There is ...
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... charming . The river Save , between Laibach and Steinbrück , had all the appearance of a good trout river , but there was no stopping to try it . Probably , in common with all the rivers on the line of railway in Austria , it is ...
... charming . The river Save , between Laibach and Steinbrück , had all the appearance of a good trout river , but there was no stopping to try it . Probably , in common with all the rivers on the line of railway in Austria , it is ...
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... charmingly situated on the Danube . To the north and east of it picturesque hills rise moderately to add to its ... charm . The sight alone of this splendid river , separating into several channels , then moving grandly and imposingly ...
... charmingly situated on the Danube . To the north and east of it picturesque hills rise moderately to add to its ... charm . The sight alone of this splendid river , separating into several channels , then moving grandly and imposingly ...
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admiration Almhütte Anglo-Indians appeared Archduke arrived ascent Aussee Austria Bavarian beautiful Berchtesgaden Blochmann boat Bormio bright C.S.I. London Captain Musafir's carriage castle chamois charming climb Colonel G. B. MALLESON comfortable Dachstein Danube descending distance Ebensee einspänner Emperor Engelberg English Engstlen Alp enjoy enjoyment Europe excursions famous feet fishing foreground friends German glacier glorious Gmunden Gosau Gratz green Grundl lake Hallein Hallstadt height hills hour India Innsbruck Ischl Jäger Jäkel journey Kanzler König's Krähmeyer ladies lake of Grundl Lambach landlord Langbath language Linz little village lovely Lucerne magnificent miles mountains Musafir o'clock Obertraun once party Passau picturesque Pontresina pretty rain reached river road rock route Salzburg Salzkammergut scarcely scenery side sight smiling snow splendid steamer Styrian summit Switzerland Thalgau thence Titlis tour town Traun Traunkirchen Traunstein travellers Trieste Untersberg valley W. H. Allen walk Watzmann whilst wife Wild Hunter
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