]
[Footnote M: The river along whose banks you descend in crossing the
Alps by the Simplon Pass---W.
[Footnote M: The river along whose banks you descend in crossing the
Alps by the Simplon Pass---W.
William Wordsworth
129, 130;
He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye:
Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky:
Ed. ]
[Footnote H: Alluding to crosses seen on the tops of the spiry rocks of
the Chartreuse, which have every appearance of being inaccessible. --W.
W. 1793. ]
[Footnote J: Compare Milton's 'Ode on the Nativity', stanza xx. --Ed. ]
[Footnote K: Names of rivers at the Chartreuse. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote L: Name of one of the valleys of the Chartreuse. --W. W. 1793.
]
[Footnote M: The river along whose banks you descend in crossing the
Alps by the Simplon Pass---W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote N: Most of the bridges among the Alps are of wood and covered:
these bridges have a heavy appearance, and rather injure the effect of
the scenery in some places. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote P: The Catholic religion prevails here; these cells are, as is
well known, very common in the Catholic countries, planted, like the
Roman tombs, along the roadside. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote Q: Crosses commemorative of the deaths of travellers by the
fall of snow and other accidents very common along this dreadful
road. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote R: The houses in the more retired Swiss valleys are all built
of wood.
He lifts the tube, and levels with his eye:
Straight a short thunder breaks the frozen sky:
Ed. ]
[Footnote H: Alluding to crosses seen on the tops of the spiry rocks of
the Chartreuse, which have every appearance of being inaccessible. --W.
W. 1793. ]
[Footnote J: Compare Milton's 'Ode on the Nativity', stanza xx. --Ed. ]
[Footnote K: Names of rivers at the Chartreuse. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote L: Name of one of the valleys of the Chartreuse. --W. W. 1793.
]
[Footnote M: The river along whose banks you descend in crossing the
Alps by the Simplon Pass---W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote N: Most of the bridges among the Alps are of wood and covered:
these bridges have a heavy appearance, and rather injure the effect of
the scenery in some places. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote P: The Catholic religion prevails here; these cells are, as is
well known, very common in the Catholic countries, planted, like the
Roman tombs, along the roadside. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote Q: Crosses commemorative of the deaths of travellers by the
fall of snow and other accidents very common along this dreadful
road. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote R: The houses in the more retired Swiss valleys are all built
of wood.