| 1839 - 1092 pages
...places will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown them look like the fine points of masonry work on the summit of a cathedral : meantime the projecting masses, that overhang the wayfaring... | |
| Charles Williams - 1828 - 946 pages
...places will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown...points of masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral, — while the projecting masses that overhang the wayfaring-man's head are more stupendous and menacing... | |
| 1833 - 684 pages
...places will not admit more than two to w»lk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles, which crown them, look like the fine points in masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral : meantime the projecting masses, that overhang the wayfaring... | |
| 1832 - 1000 pages
...the fine points of masouiywork on the summit of a cathedral : meantime the projecting masses, thai overhang the wayfaring man's head, are more stupendous,...and more menacing than the imagination can conceive. " But terribly magnificent as this pass is, and though it must fit othn times have made a powerful... | |
| John Carne - 1834 - 502 pages
...which will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown...points of masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral." Felix Neff forced his way through this pass in the middle of January, when it is notoriously unsafe... | |
| 1844 - 504 pages
...places will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles, which...the fine points of masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral—while the projecting masses that overhang the wayfaring man's head, are more stupendous... | |
| Mary Milner - 1846 - 808 pages
...which will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown...meantime, the projecting masses that overhang the wayfarer's head are more stupendous and more menacing than the imagi nation can conceive. It is perilous... | |
| 1846 - 404 pages
...places will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown...points of masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral, — while the projecting masses that overhang the wayfaring-man's head are more stupendous and menacing... | |
| 1848 - 412 pages
...places will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown...points of masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral, — while the projecting masses that overhang the wayfaring-man's head are more stupendous and menacing... | |
| 1851 - 426 pages
...places will not admit more than two to walk side by side, is hewn out of the rocks. These rise to such a giddy height, that the soaring pinnacles which crown...points of masonry-work on the summit of a cathedral, — while the projecting masses that overhang the wayfaring-man's head are more stupendous and menacing... | |
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