The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 90–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... seemed almost to be emulating a lizard on a ceiling . But human beings lack the necessary organs apparently , and we were forced to watch a series of descending movements extraordinarily re- assuring in their witness to his climbing ...
... seemed almost to be emulating a lizard on a ceiling . But human beings lack the necessary organs apparently , and we were forced to watch a series of descending movements extraordinarily re- assuring in their witness to his climbing ...
Էջ 634
... seemed to cover valley by valley as they sank into night and the intervening ridges rose with increasing dis- tinctness , or rather it seemed that some fluid of exquisite delicacy of colour and substance was flooding all the lower ...
... seemed to cover valley by valley as they sank into night and the intervening ridges rose with increasing dis- tinctness , or rather it seemed that some fluid of exquisite delicacy of colour and substance was flooding all the lower ...
Էջ 635
... seemed to have taken place in the programme ; as though a great fold in the curtain had suddenly given way , and dropped on to part of the scenery . Of course a moment's reflection explained the meaning of this uncanny intruder ; it was ...
... seemed to have taken place in the programme ; as though a great fold in the curtain had suddenly given way , and dropped on to part of the scenery . Of course a moment's reflection explained the meaning of this uncanny intruder ; it was ...
Common terms and phrases
A. D. GODLEY admiration Alpine Journal Alps altitude arête ascent beauty beneath bergschrund cliffs climbers climbing clouds club cold couloir crag crevasses deep delight Dent Blanche Dent d'Hérens descend difficult distance doubt dragons Everest eyes F. S. Smythe F. W. BOURDILLON face feeling foot GEOFFREY WINTHROP YOUNG GEORGE LEIGH-MALLORY glacier guides gully hand height hills human J. A. Symonds ledge less lives look Matterhorn mind Mont Blanc morning moun Mount Mount Everest mountain nature never night once ourselves overhanging passed path peaks perhaps pleasure Pointe Blanche Pralong precipices reached rest ridge rise rock rope round route scenery Scheuchzer seemed sense side sight slopes snow Snowdon soul spirit steep step stone stood strong summit tains things thought traveller valley walk wall whole wind