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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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-cracker-faced old crone looked down upon us, a fit study for aMurillo, with her deep wrinkles, and sinewy arms foldedlazily, a glorious bit of colour, from the deep orange foldsof the cloth about her head to the brown skin and the fieryeyes, and one wandering old tooth which rested on thelower lip: a very uncanny old woman, who might havehad a broomstick hidden under her bed! Nevertheless,E. made a drawing of her, and held it up for inspection,and the poor old soul nodded approval, which made uscharitably believe she might have a conscience; and thenwe turned the old pump into a studio, but so many modelsoffered, it was difficult to satisfy them all. One beautifulyoung peasant girl stood, with a pitcher balanced on hersmall well-shaped head, round which the dark hair wasclosely braided, her naked feet firmly planted on theground, the careless grace of her attitude and her gravedelight making a charming study. We distributed Zivan-zigers and little German books amongst the people, who
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MOUNTAINEERING IN AN OMNIBUS. 29 eagerly received our small gospels, under the very eyes oftheir patron saint, who stood, wooden and stolid and verygorgeous in the matter of paint and gilding, watching overthe consumption of water and the gossip of the town.What an amount of scandal that poor old worthy wouldhave had to listen to, if he had been less hard of hearing—quarrels, love-making, merry chatter, sad and tenderpartings, all the chances and changes of this busy life,must have been chronicled in that spot; and the poorold image, very harmless in its way, held out its twostiff old ringers, with the paint somewhat worn aboutthe joints, and blessed us all alike who passed beneathit. The pious fellow-townsfolk had erected a tin um-brella, in the form of a double tea-tray, to keep the rain-drops from its head, lest it should grow damp and cracky,and moulder away slowly, as others did who were buthuman. The frost that had made everything so beautiful for us,had done hard things for t

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