The Mountain Way: An Anthology in Prose and VerseDent, 1938 - 655 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 75–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... wind is worse than ever ; the clouds , torn from their base , charge in confusion across the sky from which the sun has gone and left a deepening gloom . The cloud - sea seems to be carrying the whole space above it ; it is lashed with ...
... wind is worse than ever ; the clouds , torn from their base , charge in confusion across the sky from which the sun has gone and left a deepening gloom . The cloud - sea seems to be carrying the whole space above it ; it is lashed with ...
Էջ 474
... wind set in and the electric tension quickly relaxed . We decided at once to be off on our difficult way . It is remarkable , but nevertheless true , that as soon as the uncomfortable lightning flashes stopped , I recovered my self ...
... wind set in and the electric tension quickly relaxed . We decided at once to be off on our difficult way . It is remarkable , but nevertheless true , that as soon as the uncomfortable lightning flashes stopped , I recovered my self ...
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... wind made as it came rushing up the gully . Sometimes it fell upon us with a furious demented screech . At others it ... wind would numb unless we could keep on moving . Then Providence intervened . The wind suddenly moderated ; the mist ...
... wind made as it came rushing up the gully . Sometimes it fell upon us with a furious demented screech . At others it ... wind would numb unless we could keep on moving . Then Providence intervened . The wind suddenly moderated ; the mist ...
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