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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... soon seated in the refectory , the same room from which came the inspiriting gleam of light and warmth . With a blazing wood - fire , warm soup , good Aostan wine , and the pressing hospitality of the fathers , you forget the mist and ...
... soon seated in the refectory , the same room from which came the inspiriting gleam of light and warmth . With a blazing wood - fire , warm soup , good Aostan wine , and the pressing hospitality of the fathers , you forget the mist and ...
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... soon as it came up , and dismissing the muleteer who had come with it from Martigny , we found our own way , as the place seemed deserted , along the well- remembered corridor , to the refectory , where the Chanoine l'Eglise was sitting ...
... soon as it came up , and dismissing the muleteer who had come with it from Martigny , we found our own way , as the place seemed deserted , along the well- remembered corridor , to the refectory , where the Chanoine l'Eglise was sitting ...
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... soon retire , though no complaint ever passed his lips . Before he became Superior he was Professor of Theology , and still superintended the instruction of the younger monks with great ability . The servants spoke most affectionately ...
... soon retire , though no complaint ever passed his lips . Before he became Superior he was Professor of Theology , and still superintended the instruction of the younger monks with great ability . The servants spoke most affectionately ...
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... soon overflowing . The path below this , now became sufficiently well marked with the summer tracks of the goats , and the first sign of habitation was a singularly dreary and black - looking hovel , perched at a distance from us on a ...
... soon overflowing . The path below this , now became sufficiently well marked with the summer tracks of the goats , and the first sign of habitation was a singularly dreary and black - looking hovel , perched at a distance from us on a ...
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... which the shepherds coax them , licking my hands as soon as I let them approach . A deep gully or fissure just above Mottet shows an excel- lent section of the shaly beds , which slope towards 50 CHAP . II . VAL DE BELLAVAL .
... which the shepherds coax them , licking my hands as soon as I let them approach . A deep gully or fissure just above Mottet shows an excel- lent section of the shaly beds , which slope towards 50 CHAP . II . VAL DE BELLAVAL .
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