The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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Page 26
... mountain seen , Smiles with gay fruits , or with delightful green , But hoary winter unadorn'd and bare , Dwells in the dire retreat ... mountains has some particular effects on the country which they enclose . As first 26 REMARKS ON ITALY .
... mountain seen , Smiles with gay fruits , or with delightful green , But hoary winter unadorn'd and bare , Dwells in the dire retreat ... mountains has some particular effects on the country which they enclose . As first 26 REMARKS ON ITALY .
Page 27
... mountains have been co- vered with light above half an hour after the sun is down , in respect of those who live at Geneva . These mountains likewise very much increase their summer heats , and make up a horizon that has something in it ...
... mountains have been co- vered with light above half an hour after the sun is down , in respect of those who live at Geneva . These mountains likewise very much increase their summer heats , and make up a horizon that has something in it ...
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... mountains on each side grow thicker and higher , till at last they almost meet . One often sees on the tops of the mountains several sharp rocks that stand above the rest ; for , as these mountains have been doubtless much higher than ...
... mountains on each side grow thicker and higher , till at last they almost meet . One often sees on the tops of the mountains several sharp rocks that stand above the rest ; for , as these mountains have been doubtless much higher than ...
Page 35
... mountains which are on all sides of it . This brings it almost in a direct line to Geneva . It would there overflow all the country , were there not one particular cleft that divides a vast circuit of mountains , and conveys it off to ...
... mountains which are on all sides of it . This brings it almost in a direct line to Geneva . It would there overflow all the country , were there not one particular cleft that divides a vast circuit of mountains , and conveys it off to ...
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Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. by reason of several reservoirs on the tops of these mountains , by the opening of a sluice they convey a river into what part of the town they please . They have four churches , four convents of women ...
Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. by reason of several reservoirs on the tops of these mountains , by the opening of a sluice they convey a river into what part of the town they please . They have four churches , four convents of women ...
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