The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and Less-frequented "Vals" of Northern Piedmont, from the Tarentaise to the Gries ... With [plates And] Illustrations from the Author's Sketches, Maps [and a Plan], Etc |
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Page 9
... blue gentian , the white ranunculus glacialis and dryas octopetala , bright forget - me - nots , the crimson stars of the saxifraga oppositifolia , and other Alpine plants , flourished with a cheery brightness which gave a life even to ...
... blue gentian , the white ranunculus glacialis and dryas octopetala , bright forget - me - nots , the crimson stars of the saxifraga oppositifolia , and other Alpine plants , flourished with a cheery brightness which gave a life even to ...
Page 20
... their hideous vacant stare ; half - clad children , who had trudged up with bleeding feet ; and miserable infants , clinging to their mothers , who were disfigured by blue - veined bloated 20 CHAP . I. VAL DU GRAND ST . BERNARD .
... their hideous vacant stare ; half - clad children , who had trudged up with bleeding feet ; and miserable infants , clinging to their mothers , who were disfigured by blue - veined bloated 20 CHAP . I. VAL DU GRAND ST . BERNARD .
Page 21
... blue - veined bloated goîtres . We were attracted by one most picturesque - looking ruffian , with long grey beard , enormous moustache , and brigand hat with a reckless cock on one side , and found on inquiry he was an old soldier of ...
... blue - veined bloated goîtres . We were attracted by one most picturesque - looking ruffian , with long grey beard , enormous moustache , and brigand hat with a reckless cock on one side , and found on inquiry he was an old soldier of ...
Page 23
... blue Polyommati , and green- veined Daplidices , clustering thick on every tiny bloom . Behind us and to the N.W. as we looked back , the wild peaks of the Tour des Fous , the Pain de Sucre , and apparent fields of glacier , struggled ...
... blue Polyommati , and green- veined Daplidices , clustering thick on every tiny bloom . Behind us and to the N.W. as we looked back , the wild peaks of the Tour des Fous , the Pain de Sucre , and apparent fields of glacier , struggled ...
Page 29
... blue or red kerchief knotted round the head . As an Alpine scene it was perfect , the colouring like one of Poussin's boldest efforts ; in addition to which , the glaciers of the Val Savaranches glistened high above the blue hazy ...
... blue or red kerchief knotted round the head . As an Alpine scene it was perfect , the colouring like one of Poussin's boldest efforts ; in addition to which , the glaciers of the Val Savaranches glistened high above the blue hazy ...
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