Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber: Or, The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge |
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... road and the scudding shower . We struck away into the plains of Dauphiny , —those great plains that stretch from the Rhone to the Alps , and which offer to the eye , as seen from the heights that overhang Lyons , a vast and varied ...
... road and the scudding shower . We struck away into the plains of Dauphiny , —those great plains that stretch from the Rhone to the Alps , and which offer to the eye , as seen from the heights that overhang Lyons , a vast and varied ...
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... road , —for road it was ; and when we came to the diminutive opening we had seen from the valley below OF ROMANISM IN ITALY . 13.
... road , —for road it was ; and when we came to the diminutive opening we had seen from the valley below OF ROMANISM IN ITALY . 13.
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... road which we owe to the genius of Napoleon . The fruits of Marengo are gone . Austerlitz is but a name . But the passes of the Alps remain . " When will it be ready for the transport of the cannon ? " enquired Napoleon respecting the ...
... road which we owe to the genius of Napoleon . The fruits of Marengo are gone . Austerlitz is but a name . But the passes of the Alps remain . " When will it be ready for the transport of the cannon ? " enquired Napoleon respecting the ...
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... road has made a sudden turn ; and a valley , hitherto concealed by the mountains , opens unexpectedly . It is some three or four miles long ; and the road traverses it straight as the arrow's flight , till it loses itself amid the rocks ...
... road has made a sudden turn ; and a valley , hitherto concealed by the mountains , opens unexpectedly . It is some three or four miles long ; and the road traverses it straight as the arrow's flight , till it loses itself amid the rocks ...
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... road makes another turn , and the scene is changed in a moment , —in the twinkling of an eye . The happy valley is gone , —it has vanished like a dream ; and a scene of stern , savage , overpowering sublimity rises before you . Alp is ...
... road makes another turn , and the scene is changed in a moment , —in the twinkling of an eye . The happy valley is gone , —it has vanished like a dream ; and a scene of stern , savage , overpowering sublimity rises before you . Alp is ...
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ages Alps amid ancient Apennines arch of Titus Arco della Pace Austrian beauty beneath betwixt Bible Bologna Cæsars Campagna Cathedral century Christianity Church Civita Vecchia cloud dark diligence dungeons earth entered eternal Europe feet Ferrara Florence gate glory grandeur hand hills hour hundred infallible Italian Italy labour land liberty light living Lombardy look marble mass ment mighty Milan miles monks Monte Viso mountains nations never night noble palace Papacy Papal passed passport piazza Piedmont plain Pontifical Government Pope Pope's postilion priests prison Protestantism Reformation religion rich rise road Roman Rome round ruin Sabbath scarce scene seemed seen shadow side silent stands stood streets summit temple things thousand Tiber tion torrents towers town trade tribunal truth Turin Tuscan valley Vaudois Venice village vine Waldenses Waldensian walls worship