Sketches and Adventures in Madeira, Portugal, and the Andalusias of SpainHarper & brothers, 1856 - 445 страници |
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... road , which , if finished , would answer well for wheels , and , with proper care , might , in some places , safely be traveled even with a pair of 2.40s . — partly from individual con- tribution , and partly at the expense of the ...
... road , which , if finished , would answer well for wheels , and , with proper care , might , in some places , safely be traveled even with a pair of 2.40s . — partly from individual con- tribution , and partly at the expense of the ...
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... Road " is an easy promenade . But a ride I more affected and oftener followed , was to " Nossa Senhora do Monte " -the Mount Church , as it is less poetically Anglicized . The ride , from its very commencement , is always on an ascent ...
... Road " is an easy promenade . But a ride I more affected and oftener followed , was to " Nossa Senhora do Monte " -the Mount Church , as it is less poetically Anglicized . The ride , from its very commencement , is always on an ascent ...
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... road hugs the cliffs all the way till you reach the Ribeiro de Gon- zalos , a love of a ravine , which unites with the sea a mile from the Sorocco Church . Further than this , the cliffs arise with almost perpendicular violence . The road ...
... road hugs the cliffs all the way till you reach the Ribeiro de Gon- zalos , a love of a ravine , which unites with the sea a mile from the Sorocco Church . Further than this , the cliffs arise with almost perpendicular violence . The road ...
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... road lies through the bed of the torrent , and we were compelled to climb over boulders and masses of rock , which have been de- tached from the stupendous cliffs on either side , or been driven down by the violence of the winter storms ...
... road lies through the bed of the torrent , and we were compelled to climb over boulders and masses of rock , which have been de- tached from the stupendous cliffs on either side , or been driven down by the violence of the winter storms ...
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... roads where a false , might be an eternal , step . I had read and heard of moving accidents by field and flood ; of dislocations , broken arms , and perilous SCENERY . 57 falls - and longed to show my CHAPTER VI Tour of the Island-The ...
... roads where a false , might be an eternal , step . I had read and heard of moving accidents by field and flood ; of dislocations , broken arms , and perilous SCENERY . 57 falls - and longed to show my CHAPTER VI Tour of the Island-The ...
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