Raymond's interesting
observations
annexed to his
translation of Coxe's 'Tour in Switzerland'.
translation of Coxe's 'Tour in Switzerland'.
Wordsworth - 1
]
[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. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote S: See Burns's 'Postscript' to his 'Cry and Prayer':
And when he fa's,
His latest draught o' breathin' leaves him
In faint huzzas.
Ed. ]
[Footnote T: For most of the images in the next sixteen verses I am
indebted to M.
Raymond's interesting observations annexed to his
translation of Coxe's 'Tour in Switzerland'. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote U: The people of this Canton are supposed to be of a more
melancholy disposition than the other inhabitants of the Alps: this, if
true, may proceed from their living more secluded. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote V: This picture is from the middle region of the Alps. --W. W.
1815. _Chalets_ are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. --W. W. 1836.
[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. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote S: See Burns's 'Postscript' to his 'Cry and Prayer':
And when he fa's,
His latest draught o' breathin' leaves him
In faint huzzas.
Ed. ]
[Footnote T: For most of the images in the next sixteen verses I am
indebted to M.
Raymond's interesting observations annexed to his
translation of Coxe's 'Tour in Switzerland'. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote U: The people of this Canton are supposed to be of a more
melancholy disposition than the other inhabitants of the Alps: this, if
true, may proceed from their living more secluded. --W. W. 1793. ]
[Footnote V: This picture is from the middle region of the Alps. --W. W.
1815. _Chalets_ are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. --W. W. 1836.
