File:Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere (1869) (14582720458).jpg

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Title: Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: (Tuckett, Elizabeth) (from old catalog)
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Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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anches freshly tornfrom the pines, red and odorous, with great jagged edgesof brown bark, that came sweeping down, holding outtheir broken twigs like hands of drowning men, and some-times getting caught out in quiet little eddies, where theymay rest for years, and weld themselves into the rich marlof the banks, till the moss covers them lovingly andflowers grow out of their heart, or a bright-eyed water-ratbuilds its nest in a soft bit of fibre. The sides of the wood were green with plants, lusciousgrasses, and golden lichens starred with flowers, and manystreams crossed our path; some so small they only madea bubbling in the grass, some busy and important enoughto turn a mill and needing a wooden bridge made incareless fashion of loose boards, over which we jolted,tossed helplessly into the air by the vibration. The woodsrang with our laughter and moans; the stolid old drivergiving no sign of sympathy, unless a chuckle of delightmay be so regarded when a more fearful shock than usual
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