The Vaudois: Comprising Observations Made During a Tour to the Valleys of Piedmont, in the Summer of 1844: Together with Remarks, Introductory and Interspersed, Respecting the Origin, History, and Present Condition of that Interesting PeopleJ. Snow, 1845 - 262 pages |
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... crossing the Rhone , and they were under the necessity of returning into the cantons of Switzerland , the authorities of which showed great coolness towards them , being afraid lest such movements might involve them with the duke of ...
... crossing the Rhone , and they were under the necessity of returning into the cantons of Switzerland , the authorities of which showed great coolness towards them , being afraid lest such movements might involve them with the duke of ...
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... the base of Mount Cenis . This prodigious mountain they crossed under the most disadvantageous circumstances at Lanslevillard , 6,770 feet above the level of the sea , and close to INTRODUCTION . 33 the numerous zig - zag terraces of.
... the base of Mount Cenis . This prodigious mountain they crossed under the most disadvantageous circumstances at Lanslevillard , 6,770 feet above the level of the sea , and close to INTRODUCTION . 33 the numerous zig - zag terraces of.
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... crossed the river by a temporary bridge , of very slender construc- tion , erected to supply the place of one that had been burnt down a few weeks previously by the Vallais insurgents , in order to cover their retreat . A number of ...
... crossed the river by a temporary bridge , of very slender construc- tion , erected to supply the place of one that had been burnt down a few weeks previously by the Vallais insurgents , in order to cover their retreat . A number of ...
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... crossed one of these scenes of destruction , which presented the most appalling surface I ever beheld , except some of the fields of lava in Iceland . At Sion , the ancient Sedunum , we stopped to dine , and had just time to take a ...
... crossed one of these scenes of destruction , which presented the most appalling surface I ever beheld , except some of the fields of lava in Iceland . At Sion , the ancient Sedunum , we stopped to dine , and had just time to take a ...
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... crossed the bridge of Canter , which is thrown over a deep ravine of the same name ; and proceeding upward in a zig - zag direction , passed several of those solitary houses called refuges , that are intended to OF THE SIMPLON . 53 ...
... crossed the bridge of Canter , which is thrown over a deep ravine of the same name ; and proceeding upward in a zig - zag direction , passed several of those solitary houses called refuges , that are intended to OF THE SIMPLON . 53 ...
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