Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Switzerland and the Tyrol, Volumen31857 |
Términos y frases comunes
abbey Aiguille Alps ancient Arve ascend avalanches baths beautiful Berne Bernese bishop Botzen bridge built called Canton cathedral century Chamouny chapel char road château Coire commands Constance convent cross Crown descends east Engadin excursions fall feet above sea feet high feet long foot Forest francs French Geneva German glaciers Glarus Gothic Grindelwald Grisons head height hills hospital Hotel houses Jura lake Lausanne leagues Lucerne Martigny Mer de Glace Milan miles long mineral Mont Blanc Monte Rosa mountains mouth mule Neuchâtel old castle old church palace pass pastures path peaks picturesque population Post pretty prospect railway Rhine Rhône ridge Rigi river rock Roman Romansch round Route Savoy scenery Schaffhausen Schwytz seat side Simplon spot springs stands steamer stream stunde stunden Swiss Switzerland thence tower town tunnel Tyrol Valais valley Vaud Vevey village walls whence wine Zurich
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Página 168 - Household, may be had here, and made up, if required, at the shortest notice ; whilst the attendance of competent persons connected with the Establishment upon families of rank, and of every respectable denomination, enables the proprietors or their assistants to at once suggest or supply everything necessary for the occasion, and suited to any grade or condition of the community. SKIRTS, &c,, for Widowhood and for Family Mourning, are always kept made up ; and a note, descriptive of the relation...
Página 173 - A most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity and healthful state of the Skin. Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples, Flushes, and Discoloration, fly before its application, and give place to delicate clearness, with the glow of beauty and bloom.
Página 173 - Seaside, and others, exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, and heated particles of Dust, will find ROWLANDS...
Página 173 - ODONTO; or, Pearl Dentifrice. A White Powder, compounded of the rarest and most fragrant exotics. It bestows on the teeth a Pearl-like Whiteness, frees them from Tartar, and imparts to the gums a healthy firmness, and to the breath a grateful sweetness and purity.
Página 6 - ... favorable. The Alpine meadows, which are then decked with the most beautiful and rarest flowers, delight the eye, and afford rich stores to the botanist. The curious atmospheric phenomena, which are frequently seen, and on elevated mountains, even below the spectator, afford a new and sublime spectacle. The mild warmth, and the long days, render travelling, at this period, peculiarly pleasant. May, however, is commonly more beautiful than June, which is often rainy. Most travellers devote only...
Página 162 - IMPERIAL, AND PLACE DE LA BOURSE, LYONS. TWO HUNDRED BED-ROOMS, AND TWENTY SALOONS, in every Variety; Large and small Apartments for families, elegantly furnished; Saloons for Official receptions ; Conversational and Reading Rooms; Coffee and Smoking Divan; Baths; Private Carriages; Omnibuses; Restaurant; Service in the Apartments, a la Carte, or at fixed prices.
Página 173 - ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, A delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation, and as an invigorator and beantlflcr of the Hair beyond all precedent. Price 3s. 6d., 7s., 10s. 6d. (equal to four small), and 21s. per bottle. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, A white Powder compounded of the choicest and most fragrant exotics.
Página 6 - Rtiss, the Rhone, and the Tessino or Ticino* The Rhine is remarkable for its falls, and the Reuss for a bridge, called the Devil's bridge, which leads over it in the canton of Uri. It connects two mountains, between which the water rolls at the depth of seventy-five feet below it. There are springs of excellent water among the hills, with warm and cold baths, and mineral springs. In Thurgau, a part of Zurich, Basle...
Página 7 - ... more than four lines wide, which resemble a truncated four-sided pyramid, are inserted in the soles and heels, about seven in the former and five in the latter. In the intervals between the steel nails, common nails are driven in so that the heads touch one another. With this durable and not heavy shoe, one may walk safely over the naked granite, over ice and smooth grass. A staff, pointed with iron, is indispensable. In warm weather, a straw hat is preferable to a felt one. A cloak, of oiled...
Página 8 - ... valley of Chamouni, are very good. In Italian Switzerland, and generally beyond the southern chain, it is common to agree upon the price to be paid to inn-keepers, guides, servants, and the like, beforehand ; for otherwise a person is very liable to be imposed on. The expenses for one who makes only a short stay at the various places, are, of course, greater than for one who remains longer. If a person devotes five or six months to travelling through Switzerland, in a carriage or on horseback,...