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Page 62
... miles to the top ; the road runs winding up it , commonly not six feet broad ; on one hand is the rock , with woods of pine - trees hanging over head ; on the other , a monstrous précipice , almost per- pendicular , at the bottom of ...
... miles to the top ; the road runs winding up it , commonly not six feet broad ; on one hand is the rock , with woods of pine - trees hanging over head ; on the other , a monstrous précipice , almost per- pendicular , at the bottom of ...
Page 68
... miles to the top , where a plain opens itself about as many more in breadth , co- vered perpetually with very deep snow , and in the midst of that a great lake of unfathomable depth , from whence a river takes its rise , and tum- bles ...
... miles to the top , where a plain opens itself about as many more in breadth , co- vered perpetually with very deep snow , and in the midst of that a great lake of unfathomable depth , from whence a river takes its rise , and tum- bles ...
Page 69
... miles in length , as straight as a line , we arrived at this city , which , as you know , is the capital of the principality , and the residence of the King of Sardinia . *** We shall stay here , I believe , a fortnight , and proceed ...
... miles in length , as straight as a line , we arrived at this city , which , as you know , is the capital of the principality , and the residence of the King of Sardinia . *** We shall stay here , I believe , a fortnight , and proceed ...
Page 75
... miles distance ) runs a corridore of the same sort , lately finished , and , indeed , a most extraordinary performance . The churches here are more remarkable for their paint- ings than architecture , being mostly old structures of ...
... miles distance ) runs a corridore of the same sort , lately finished , and , indeed , a most extraordinary performance . The churches here are more remarkable for their paint- ings than architecture , being mostly old structures of ...
Page 77
... miles , and more : we left the Pope's dominions , and lay that night in those of the Grand Duke at Fiorenzuola ; a paltry little town , at the foot of mount Giogo , which is the highest of them all . Next morning we went up it ; the ...
... miles , and more : we left the Pope's dominions , and lay that night in those of the Grand Duke at Fiorenzuola ; a paltry little town , at the foot of mount Giogo , which is the highest of them all . Next morning we went up it ; the ...
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