Volume 1
Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett.
- William Beattie
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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- Found on image 13 / 318…. The Serenbach. . .The Blatliser, or North Wind...Falls of St. Quenten .... ..... 151—176 CANTONS OF ST. GALL AND APPENZELL.—Wallenstadt... Baths of Pfeffers... Scenery of the Tamina...Gorge ..Optical Illusions...Full Description of the Baths...Amusements, Walks, Ac. Analysis of the Waters...The Abbey of Pfef...
- Found on image 13 / 318…s... Scenery of the Tamina...Gorge ..Optical Illusions...Full Description of the Baths...Amusements, Walks, Ac. Analysis of the Waters...The Abbey of Pfeffers...Sources of the Rhine...Agricultural and Manu- facturing Resources of St. Gall.. .Conclusion ....... 176—188 N.B. The above Volume will be found to contain:—H...
- Found on image 14 / 318…t. Gothard 130 The Devil’s Bridge 133 Tell’s Chapel and the Meadow of Grutli . . 142 Tell’s Chapel, Lake Uri 151 The Abbey of Einsiedeln 163 Baths of Pfeffers 177 Gorge of the Tamina 180 Junction of the Rhine and Tamina 187 SWITZERLAND “ Ce paysage unique, le plus beau dont l’oeil humain fut jamais frappe!—...
- Found on image 301 / 318 (page 177)…edily rebuilt, and so much improved, as to lessen our regret for the catastrophe. The malignant fevers to which it was formerly a prey, have BATHS OF PFEFFERS. 1 < / materially diminished since the completion of the canal to which we have already alluded. The marshes have been drained, and the frightful inun...
- Found on image 301 / 318 (page 177)…zerland. But there is nothing in this canton, nor probably in the whole confederacy, which strikes a foreigner with such astonishment as the Baths of Pfeffers, about two leagues from this; and which, being less accessible than any others in the confederacy, and but rarely visited by our countrymen, we shall ...
- Found on image 301 / 318 (page 177)…ux and reflux of pilgrims, who every year spend a portion of their savings at these altars, in the purchase of absolution or indulgence. The abbey of Pfeffers, however, has made its appeal to mankind with promises chiefly of temporal blessings—the removal or mitigation of those ills that flesh is heir to—and...
- Found on image 301 / 318 (page 177)…hile one cries, Come, behold “ the sacred image,”—and another, Come, touch the canonized bones,—and a third, Come, and be relieved of your burdens of sin,—Pfeffers exclaims, Come, * The legal fare for an open boat, with two rowers, from Wallenstadt to Wesen, is two florins, with twenty or thirty kreutzers in add...
- Found on image 309 / 318 (page 183)… sparkle from a serene sky; but the torrent is eternal—-a momentary pause in its roar would be the signal of dissolution; and silence in the gorge of Pfeffers would strike more dismay than the thunder of the loudest storm. Opposite this point, the rocks, draped with the bright green of intermingling beech a...
- Found on image 309 / 318 (page 183)…lpine gorge; and the corrupting games of roulette, rouge-et-noir, and ecarte, so prevalent at other baths, have found neither votaries nor victims at Pfeffers. As a substitute in bad weather, an excellent sheltered promenade extends in front of the inns; and there, or in the capacious salles-a-manger, invali...
- Found on image 310 / 318 (page 184)…he picture to be filled up by the reader’s personal recollections, or the vivid delineations with which the present text is accompanied. The Abbey of Pfeffers is about a league from the Baths, and is approached by the natural bridge already described, and a path cut out of the rock, forming a ladder, or sta...
- Found on image 310 / 318 (page 184)…e early history of the country. Near the church, on an eminence, called Mount Tabor, is the magnificent point of view already noticed. The village of Pfeffers contains a population of between three and four hundred, but who have never recovered from the effects of the revolutionary epoch. This retired and a...
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