Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine LandsW.H. Allen, 1884 - 150 páginas |
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... started , arrived in London , and managed to find their way to the Horse - Guards . On the road thither Blochmann stopped at the shop of the publishers of this book , and purchased a grammar of the Hindustani language . Something ...
... started , arrived in London , and managed to find their way to the Horse - Guards . On the road thither Blochmann stopped at the shop of the publishers of this book , and purchased a grammar of the Hindustani language . Something ...
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... started the rain fell heavily , and continued to fall during nearly the entire period of the climb upwards . On reaching the summit , we found that during the same time snow had fallen heavily on the northern side . The descent , I ...
... started the rain fell heavily , and continued to fall during nearly the entire period of the climb upwards . On reaching the summit , we found that during the same time snow had fallen heavily on the northern side . The descent , I ...
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... They resolved , therefore , to join Musafir and his wife in their contemplated visit to that city . On the morning of the 29th May , accordingly , the four started in the steamer . The scenery for the 24 RAMBLES IN ALPINE LANDS .
... They resolved , therefore , to join Musafir and his wife in their contemplated visit to that city . On the morning of the 29th May , accordingly , the four started in the steamer . The scenery for the 24 RAMBLES IN ALPINE LANDS .
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George Bruce Malleson. four started in the steamer . The scenery for the greater part of the way , more especially between Aschach and Passau , they found strikingly grand and magnificent . The grandeur , too , was derived entirely from ...
George Bruce Malleson. four started in the steamer . The scenery for the greater part of the way , more especially between Aschach and Passau , they found strikingly grand and magnificent . The grandeur , too , was derived entirely from ...
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... started on the following morning for their tour in the Salzkammergut . This lovely province of Austria , so called from its con- stituting the great salt district of the Empire , is entered by Linz on the north , and is bounded on the ...
... started on the following morning for their tour in the Salzkammergut . This lovely province of Austria , so called from its con- stituting the great salt district of the Empire , is entered by Linz on the north , and is bounded on the ...
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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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