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 |
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Page 53
... evidently an event , and the two rival hostesses came out , attired in the singular head - dress of the Tarentaise , each anxious to secure us . We willingly complied with the requests of both to go in ; and after taking a careful ...
... evidently an event , and the two rival hostesses came out , attired in the singular head - dress of the Tarentaise , each anxious to secure us . We willingly complied with the requests of both to go in ; and after taking a careful ...
Page 129
... evidently formed no part of the amphitheatre ; and as Aosta was under the government of a Prætor , a suitable basilica would no doubt be provided for the holding of the courts of so distinguished a magistrate . * Only a portion of it is ...
... evidently formed no part of the amphitheatre ; and as Aosta was under the government of a Prætor , a suitable basilica would no doubt be provided for the holding of the courts of so distinguished a magistrate . * Only a portion of it is ...
Page 133
... evidently gone by . Ultimately the Chapter issued a protestation to the effect that , without taking notice of the calumnious reports abroad , but out of consideration for the urgent necessity , and to satisfy the desires , of the pious ...
... evidently gone by . Ultimately the Chapter issued a protestation to the effect that , without taking notice of the calumnious reports abroad , but out of consideration for the urgent necessity , and to satisfy the desires , of the pious ...
Page 152
... evidently a deliberate plan to make as much of the job as possible . He refused to go for less than a napoleon a day , which of course was simply ridiculous . We were commencing a long continuance of mule hiring , and what we began with ...
... evidently a deliberate plan to make as much of the job as possible . He refused to go for less than a napoleon a day , which of course was simply ridiculous . We were commencing a long continuance of mule hiring , and what we began with ...
Page 182
... evidently the remains of spring avalanches . A proverb of the valley has it , that , when a person has seen this disappear three times in his life , it is high time he should die . Barailler's uncle had lived to seventy , and only seen ...
... evidently the remains of spring avalanches . A proverb of the valley has it , that , when a person has seen this disappear three times in his life , it is high time he should die . Barailler's uncle had lived to seventy , and only seen ...
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Alagna Alpine Alps ancient Aosta ascent avalanches baggage Barailler beautiful Bernard blue bouquetin bridge châlets Challant chamois Châtillon church climb clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crevasses crossed curé d'Ossola dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire Fcap feet foot forest German glacier glen gneiss gorge granite green Gressoney Grivola head height houses Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Macugnaga mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mule narrow night pass path peaks Piedmont pine Post 8vo precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco Rimella road rocks Roman round scene scenery Second Edition seemed seen Sesia singular slope snow steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track trees Turin Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val d'Ossola Val de Lys Val Sesia valley Valpelline Varallo vast village Vols walls wild Woodcuts Zumstein
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