Through the Dolomites from Venice to ToblachG. Allen, 1896 - 232 páginas |
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... called " THE SCOTLAND OF ITALY . " Many , however , have lamented the lack of a modern book giving practical information in regard to travelling in that highland region , and also dealing with it historically and descriptively , more ...
... called " THE SCOTLAND OF ITALY . " Many , however , have lamented the lack of a modern book giving practical information in regard to travelling in that highland region , and also dealing with it historically and descriptively , more ...
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... called Taurus and Gogna , and the names of the early settlers enter into the composition of many other words . Both Gogna and Euganean , the names of the volcanic hills near Padua , where Greeks settled over a thousand years before ...
... called Taurus and Gogna , and the names of the early settlers enter into the composition of many other words . Both Gogna and Euganean , the names of the volcanic hills near Padua , where Greeks settled over a thousand years before ...
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... called the Ponte Dante , and on it there is erected a large marble monument to the poet . By far the most interesting church in Treviso is that of San Nicolò . It is a noble Gothic structure erected about 1300. The first thing that ...
... called the Ponte Dante , and on it there is erected a large marble monument to the poet . By far the most interesting church in Treviso is that of San Nicolò . It is a noble Gothic structure erected about 1300. The first thing that ...
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... called by their name . The ruler under whom it was erected , a certain Paolo Nani , set on the pinnacle of its roof a figure of St. Paul and called it Porta Nana , the Republic of Venice changed it to Porta S. Tomaso , Buonaparte named ...
... called by their name . The ruler under whom it was erected , a certain Paolo Nani , set on the pinnacle of its roof a figure of St. Paul and called it Porta Nana , the Republic of Venice changed it to Porta S. Tomaso , Buonaparte named ...
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... called cavaletti , and are used to check the current , or to change its direction when it is wanted for purposes of irrigation , or to form a mill - race . They are in use everywhere throughout this country of rapid mountain torrents ...
... called cavaletti , and are used to check the current , or to change its direction when it is wanted for purposes of irrigation , or to form a mill - race . They are in use everywhere throughout this country of rapid mountain torrents ...
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Agordo Albergo Alleghe Ampezzo Antelao ascent Asolo Auronzo Austrian bank beautiful Belluno Boite Valley Borca bridge built Cadorini Calalzo called Caprile Carnia carriage carved castle centre century Cesare Vecellio chapel Chiapuzza church cliffs climb cloth colour Cordevole Cortina cross Crown 8vo d'Oro Davide Riva Dolomites door erected excursion feet Feltre forest Forno di Zoldo frescoes Galeazzi Gogna gorge Gothic green hill horses houses hundred inhabitants Italian Italy journey kind permission lake landslip Longarone looked Marco Marmarole miles Monte Mount mountain palace passed peaks Pelmo Perarolo permission of Signor Piave river Piave Valley Piazza Pieve di Cadore pine pine-wood precipices Republic river road rock Roman round saw-mills Schluderbach seen side Signor Davide Riva slopes Sorapiss Stefano stone summit Titian Toblach torrent tower town trees Treviso Valle VALLE DI CADORE Vallesella Venetian Venice VILLA BARBARO village walk walls wood Zucco
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Página 18 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Página 19 - How many a year, my Asolo, Since — one step just from sea to land — I found you, loved yet feared you so — For natural objects seemed to stand Palpably fire-clothed!
Página 19 - The objection that such a word nowhere occurs in the works of the Cardinal is hardly important — Bembo was too thorough a purist to conserve in print a term which in talk he might possibly toy with: but the word is more likely derived from a Spanish source. I use it for love of the place, and in requital of your pleasant assurance that an early poem of mine first attracted you thither — where and elsewhere, at La Mura as C& Alvisi, may all happiness attend you!
Página viii - seem to have been built for the human race, as at once their schools and cathedrals; full of treasures of illuminated manuscript for the scholar, kindly in simple lessons for the worker, quiet in pale cloisters for the thinker, glorious in holiness for the worshipper.
Página 101 - Miiller, and at our request accompanied us to the scene of the occurrence, a field on the slope of a hill, about a mile and a half...
Página 179 - It is heavy work, and it takes from an hour to an hour and a half to husk the rice for one meal.