Hertha, zeitschrift für erd-, völker- und staatenkunde, Volumen13

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In der J.G. Cotta'schen buchhandlung, 1829
 

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Página 187 - ... wild cherry and thorns, which were covered with a sheet of white and maiden blush blossoms ; large luxuriant vines climbed up almost every tree, hanging in wild festoons from one to another ; flowers of various kinds, primroses, violets, lilies, hyacinths, and others no less lovely though unknown, covered the ground in the richest profusion, and mingled with the soft undergrowth of green herbage. The wind, which, though the sun shone bright, still roared above, could not penetrate the thicket...
Página 186 - ... world, blessed with a happier climate. Spring here claimed and enjoyed her full sway ; the wood, in many places lofty and magnificent, consisted of oak, beech, elm, alder; with thickets of wild cherry and thorns, which were covered with a sheet of white and maiden blush blossoms ; large luxuriant vines climbed up almost every tree, hanging in wild festoons from one to another ; flowers of various kinds, primroses, violets, lilies, hyacinths, and others no less lovely though unknown, covered the...
Página 187 - ... and mingled with the soft undergrowth of green herbage. The wind, which, though the sun shone bright, still roared above, could not penetrate the thicket below, so that the air was calm and delightful. Every step we advanced increased the charms of the landscape ; all that was savage became confined to the summits of the mountains, which might still occasionally be seen overhanging us, rocky, bare, or thinly sprinkled with leafless trees : lower down their sides, wood increased in abundance,...

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