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  Enclosures in the Gardens of the Tuileries.--Public Edifices.--Private Hotels and Gardens.--My Apartments


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id: 18565
title: A Little Swiss Sojourn
author: Howells, William Dean
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  at the kitchen door; the roses dripped all round the house; and the lake At first we were the only people in the house besides these Swiss ladies French or Italian canton would in like manner resort to a German house, and at a little distance, where the mountain began to lift from time; like them he learned to read the Evangels, and saw their light country minister of this day; probably he was more like a New England these Swiss are like the people of our hill country in their faith, as near us we looked on at the use of one of the old-fashioned Swiss bewilderingly like the church fair of an American country town, socially place than the sad little English church-yard at Montreux. like little chalets; and there were groups of old wood-colored roofs and It looked like a watering-place that


id: 39651
title: Switzerland
author: Fox, Frank
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  CHAPTER VII THE SWISS PEOPLE TO-DAY To her lakes rather than to her mountains Switzerland owed the watercourses of Europe, had come to these Swiss lakes resting at the Throughout the Middle Ages Switzerland and the Swiss were always in and later differences of religion, a Swiss idea of nationality lived Cantons," which represented the Swiss nationality until the days of THE SWISS PEOPLE TO-DAY day--all are understood and discussed in Switzerland, and the Swiss Martin Conway describes Swiss Alpine glaciers as the Alps as difficult mountains to climb, presenting great problems of Switzerland gave a thought to mountain-climbing as a pleasure. In Switzerland, spring is the great time for avalanches. section of the Swiss Alpine Club exists, and its members last year There is a great distinction between the national sports of the Swiss of the practical is the Swiss custom to keep the schools in mountain


id: 45097
title: Letters from Switzerland
author: Prime, Samuel Irenæus
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  It is said that the sunset view of the city, valley, lake, and mountains way to the borders of the lake, on which stands the little town of Zug, in his Life--Altorf--Hay-Making--a Great Day. In the Hotel de la _Concorde_, the "house of peace," I found a pleasant with travellers for the Rigi: the mountain comes down so suddenly to the Long years ago the mountain torrent brought down a mass of earth with of the little land in their valley, and on the mountain sides. Mountain Scenes--Mrs. Kinney''s "Alps"--A Lady and Babe--The Great Mountain Scenes--Mrs. Kinney''s "Alps"--A Lady and Babe--The Great came to the top of the hill, the god of day was coming down from the mountain in the water with as much satisfaction as a good-looking man mountains, the lakes, valleys, and villages, that make this land so Glaciers of the Aar. The mountain of earth, rocks, ice and snow that we


id: 46074
title: Lausanne
author: Gribble, Francis Henry
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  Though Lausanne is so near Geneva, its history, in historical times, making Lausanne a pleasant place to live in. wrote it down, he and Mademoiselle Curchod--then Madame Necker--were tells us that he left Lausanne in 1758, kept Mademoiselle Curchod Gibbon.'' And Madame Necker herself wrote, love-letters by reading into them our knowledge of Madame Necker''s To us, as we look backwards, Gibbon in Lausanne society figures as speak, the author of ''Lettres de Lausanne,'' did not like Madame de Benjamin Constant de Rebecque, the story of whose love for Madame de course, Madame de Staël was free to marry her lover, and Benjamin So Madame de Staël refused to marry Benjamin Constant, and with her Madame de Staël came a second time to Lausanne to fetch him, and we ''A letter from Madame de Staël, from which I gather that, this time, Madame de Staël had lived all her


id: 22377
title: Rollo in Switzerland
author: Abbott, Jacob
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  and mother, Rollo''s uncle George came in and said that he had concluded "Now, Rollo," said Mr. George, "I have got a great deal to do to-day, When Rollo reached the hotel he got the key of his uncle George''s room, "I believe," added Rollo, "that uncle George said it did not close till Rollo went back to the place where he had left his uncle George, and Rollo went back to the place where he had left his uncle George, and "Rollo," said Mr. George, after a short pause, "do you wish to travel in "Come, uncle George," said Rollo, "is not it time for us to get up to "See the banks of snow on that mountain, Rollo!" said Mr. George. "Why, uncle George," said Rollo, "look!" "Come, uncle George," said Rollo, "make haste. "What a snug and pleasant-looking place!" said Rollo, whispering to Mr. George as they went in.


id: 35068
title: The Car That Went Abroad: Motoring Through the Golden Age
author: Paine, Albert Bigelow
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  Besides facing the Old Port (the ancient harbor) our hotel looked on the but this _oursin_ looked a great deal more like an old, black, stopped in a shady, green place, and picnicked on those good things for King René''s castle does not look like a place for romance. human look stir to life a little way down the row. Joy said, "It would be a good place for bad dreams." The head of the the good French things, ending with fresh strawberries, great bowls of By day Vevey is a busy, prosperous-looking, though unhurried, place, its belonging to a hotel, and came to a little pond where some old men and by an old Frenchman, at a little booth across the way, and we looked battle had taken place, and Joan''s little force for the first time had A little way down the road I had to


id: 12404
title: Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1
author: nan
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  [Illustration: BERLIN: PANORAMA FROM THE TOWER OF THE TOWN HALL] went past like a panorama, the bridge of boats opened, the city glided There is the old "German house" by the bank of the Mosel, a building push our way down the Rhine we soon come to the little peaceful town of The sun sets, night comes on, the slated roofs of the houses appear as hundred years old; directly opposite is a great castellated building the end of that time orders came from the old Kaiser that the town was Citadel, by the side of a low wall--in front of an old tower--presents left, approach the large deep-roofed building between two towers. contains the most complete collection of works by old German artists this city, were taken away to adorn the town hall, churches, capitals English-like looking cathedral--as a whole; and particularly the tower. hundred different ways I arranged the little houses of painted wood


id: 11179
title: Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2
author: nan
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  Like all people that work much in the open, the Hungarian in old age way from the mountain regions to the south, and for two days one passes mountains, valleys of the sweetest pastoral look and romantic old ruins. torrents, looking at a distance like long trains of foam, came Tyrol, leaving the snow behind, tho'' the white peaks of the mountains Below the pass, most beautifully situated is a little green lake called beckoning fingers, the great peaks, snow-capped or rock-summitted, call valley and pass and tunnel, puts one out on snow fields over 11,000 feet peak and glacier, the eye passes from valley to summit, resting on that white snow peaks, with their great glistening glaciers below, showing in It took a long time coming down that little bit of cliff, and for a few time through valleys of ice, climbed white and slippery slopes, crossed


id: 12990
title: A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland
author: Cooper, James Fenimore
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  A general officer, whom I personally knew, looked like one who within reasonable reach of the mass; but, in a country like France, I test of public opinion, I walked out, the morning they took place, to I have often told you how picturesque and beautiful Paris appears viewed The country people, of whom there were a good many present, looked on want of good feeling on either side, little was said, during this visit, great men submit to very little influences occasionally.[20] The old but little for the traveller, at the same time saying a good word for we taking the way to the great lodging-house, which, like most of the views, which old-established and great nations possess over one like our left America, came, like her goods, through two or three great channels, Swiss Country-house.--English Customs affected in America.--Social Swiss Country-house.--English Customs affected in America.--Social


id: 7373
title: The Path to Rome
author: Belloc, Hilaire
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  the best kind of men) and not in a big place but in a little town, their last abrupt escarpment is the wide plain of the river Aar. Now the straight line to Rome ran from where I stood, right across side road, and, a little later, I saw marching on my right, a long way little picture also shows what the gorge looked like as I came down on little way out of the town I crossed a stream off the road, climbed a not know how many miles, till I reached some cross roads and an inn. valley and makes over a little pass for a place called Schangnau. a long straight road for miles at the base of high hills; then, far So he went his way, and I mine, and the last thing he said to me was made up of a church, I went a little way on the short road to San


