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" We found the mountains fo over-hung with clouds, that we could form little judgment of their height. Our guide told us, they were twice as high as we could fee: which however we did not believe from the obfervations we were able to make, as the clouds,... "
Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772 ... - Page 225
by William Gilpin - 1786
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Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty ... on several parts of ...

William Gilpin - 1788 - 334 pages
...of difappointment ; but on this occafion it did no injury. The fancy had (till it's fcope. We found the mountains fo over-hung with clouds, that we could...of the rocky fummits. A great height however they certainly were ; and the darknefs, in which they were wrapped, gave us a new illuftration of the grandeur...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 3

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1802 - 654 pages
...disappointment, but on this occasion it did no injury: the fancy had still its scope. We found the mountains so overhung with clouds, that we could form little judgment...guide told us they were twice as high as we could see, which, however, we did not believe from the observation we were able to make, as the clouds, at...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ..., Volume 3

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1802 - 650 pages
...disappointment, but on this occasion it did no injury: the fancy had still its scope. We found the mountains so overhung with clouds, that we could form little judgment...guide told us they were twice as high as we could see, which, however, we did not believe from the observation we were able to make, as the clouds, at...
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The modern British traveller: or, Tourist's pocket directory. Cumberland

George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 316 pages
...disappointment, but on this occasion it did no injury; the fancy had still its scope. We found the mountains so over-hung with clouds, that we could form little judgment...guide told us they were twice as high as we could see ; which, however,, we did not believe from the observation we were able to make, as the clouds...
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Observations on Several Parts of England: Particularly the Mountains ..., Part 1

William Gilpin - Cumberland (England) - 1808 - 338 pages
...of difappointment ; but on this occafion it did no injury. The fancy had ftill it's fcope. We found the mountains fo over-hung with clouds, that we could...of the rocky fummits. A great height however they certainly were; and the darknefs, in which they were wrapped, gave us a new illuftration of the grandeur...
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The Tourist's New Guide: Containing a Description of the Lakes ..., Volume 2

William Green (of Ambleside.) - Lake District (England) - 1819 - 616 pages
...disappointment; but, on this occasion, it did no injury. The fancy had still its scope. We found the mountains so overhung with clouds, that we could form little judgment...guide told us, they were twice as high as we could see; which, however, we did not believe, from the observations we were able to make, as the clouds,...
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