Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine LandsW.H. Allen, 1884 - 150 páginas |
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... seemed absolutely unable to talk of anything else . With regard to men , he observed that , judging from their conversation during a voyage of sixteen days , he had come to the conclusion that in their opinion India was the vastest ...
... seemed absolutely unable to talk of anything else . With regard to men , he observed that , judging from their conversation during a voyage of sixteen days , he had come to the conclusion that in their opinion India was the vastest ...
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... to the country , everything seemed to invite to a walk in the open air . There was no artificial gloom , no constraint , no gin - shop quarrels , no enforced penalty for being happy . The people went quietly RAMBLES IN ALPINE LANDS . 23.
... to the country , everything seemed to invite to a walk in the open air . There was no artificial gloom , no constraint , no gin - shop quarrels , no enforced penalty for being happy . The people went quietly RAMBLES IN ALPINE LANDS . 23.
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... seemed to belong rather to the 17th than to the 19th century . This man was a character in his way . He told Musafir that he was a rigid Catholic , and he lamented that the English were not so likewise . It was all owing , he said , to ...
... seemed to belong rather to the 17th than to the 19th century . This man was a character in his way . He told Musafir that he was a rigid Catholic , and he lamented that the English were not so likewise . It was all owing , he said , to ...
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... seemed to be the one care of the good old couple at the inn to make their English guests as com- fortable as possible . There were , besides , two Germans residing there , —one an Austrian who had been a great deal in England ; the ...
... seemed to be the one care of the good old couple at the inn to make their English guests as com- fortable as possible . There were , besides , two Germans residing there , —one an Austrian who had been a great deal in England ; the ...
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... seemed aware of the dangerous proximity , for with a bound he sprang upwards , whilst the rattling of the stones below broke the silence of the scene . The Jäger was a charming young fellow ; he had served as a soldier in the Italian ...
... seemed aware of the dangerous proximity , for with a bound he sprang upwards , whilst the rattling of the stones below broke the silence of the scene . The Jäger was a charming young fellow ; he had served as a soldier in the Italian ...
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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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