Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine LandsW.H. Allen, 1884 - 150 páginas |
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... o'clock on the 15th May . They put up at the Hotel de la Ville , which they describe as being one of the best and most luxurious hotels on the Continent , being furnished with hot and cold baths , and every possible convenience . It is ...
... o'clock on the 15th May . They put up at the Hotel de la Ville , which they describe as being one of the best and most luxurious hotels on the Continent , being furnished with hot and cold baths , and every possible convenience . It is ...
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... o'clock . To describe accurately what they saw in that interval would require a paper by itself . Transported suddenly from the fresh , balmy , sunny air of the outside world into the very heart of the earth , -a gloomy cavern with no ...
... o'clock . To describe accurately what they saw in that interval would require a paper by itself . Transported suddenly from the fresh , balmy , sunny air of the outside world into the very heart of the earth , -a gloomy cavern with no ...
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... o'clock , our travellers left for Gratz , the capital of Styria , and arrived there about half - past four the same afternoon . The train carried them through a lovely country . Between Steinbrück and Gratz the alternations of hill and ...
... o'clock , our travellers left for Gratz , the capital of Styria , and arrived there about half - past four the same afternoon . The train carried them through a lovely country . Between Steinbrück and Gratz the alternations of hill and ...
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... o'clock that same afternoon , our travellers reached Vienna , and put up at the Kaiserin Elisabeth , a clean and comfortable hotel . Vienna is too well known , and has been too often described , to need any reference to it in this ...
... o'clock that same afternoon , our travellers reached Vienna , and put up at the Kaiserin Elisabeth , a clean and comfortable hotel . Vienna is too well known , and has been too often described , to need any reference to it in this ...
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... o'clock in the morning the petty shop - keepers and peasants , decked out in their best , with their mass - books under their arms , may be seen wending their way from the other side of the Danube , across the bridge , to the church ...
... o'clock in the morning the petty shop - keepers and peasants , decked out in their best , with their mass - books under their arms , may be seen wending their way from the other side of the Danube , across the bridge , to the church ...
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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 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 foliage foreground friends German glacier glorious Gmunden Golling Gosau Gratz green Grundl lake Hallein Hallstadt height hills hour India Innsbruck Ischl Jäger Jäkel Joch Pass journey Kanzler König's Krähmeyer ladies 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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