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Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands (Classic Reprint) : Paperback: Forgotten Books: 9781330137710: 27 Sep 2015: Excerpt from Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands Against a cliff of the highlands of the Hudson a man was clinging. He had paused in his arduous ascent of the mountain to rest, and now clung, panting and trembling from exertion, to the face of the rock, with his hands clutched firmly about a bush which grew from a crevice. He had a foothold in the rocky wall for one foot only. . Excerpt from Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands Against a cliff of the highlands of the Hudson a man was clinging. He had paused in his arduous ascent of the mountain to rest, and now clung, panting and trembling from exertion, to the face of the rock, with his hands clutched firmly about a bush which grew from a crevice. He had a foothold in the rocky wall for one foot only. If the roots of the frail bush should yield to his weight, and draw out from the crevice, he would fall a thousand feet - into eternity. His purpose savored of madness. If he could reach the summit of that fearful wall, he would stand where mortal feet had never stood before: an empire of beauty and grandeur for the eye would be his own. He feared to look downwards over the route he had climbed. There was dizziness and ruin in the very thought. But a nobler and less hazardous view stretched away to the southward; and as his eye glanced along the mountain wall, he discovered, miles away, a bend of the Hudson, blue and calm - a sleeping lake sentinelled by the mountains. But the bold climber cared not for the immense territory of woods and water and castellated hills beneath him. He was pausing against the cliff for rest, not scenery. He was determined to win the mountain-top before sunset, and love of the beautiful was not his motive power. At length his panting bosom became still, his heavy breathing ceased, and muscle came again to the assistance of will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www. forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of impe. Children's / Teenage Fiction & True Stories, , , , Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands (Classic Reprint), Mansfield Tracy Walworth, 9781330137710, Forgotten Books, , , , ,<

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Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands (Classic Reprint) Excerpt from Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands Against a cliff of the highlands of the Hudson a man was clinging. He had paused in hi… More...

Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands (Classic Reprint) Excerpt from Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands Against a cliff of the highlands of the Hudson a man was clinging. He had paused in his arduous ascent of the mountain to rest, and now clung, panting and trembling from exertion, to the face of the rock, with his hands clutched firmly about a bush which grew from a crevice. He had a foothold in the rocky wall for one foot only. If the roots of the frail bush should yield to his weight, and draw out from the crevice, he would fall a thousand feet - into eternity. His purpose savored of madness. If he could reach the summit of that fearful wall, he would stand where mortal feet had never stood before: an empire of beauty and grandeur for the eye would be his own. He feared to look downwards over the route he had climbed. There was dizziness and ruin in the very thought. But a nobler and less hazardous view stretched away to the southward; and as his eye glanced along the mountain wall, he discovered, miles away, a bend of the Hudson, blue and calm - a sleeping lake sentinelled by the mountains. But the bold climber cared not for the immense territory of woods and water and castellated hills beneath him. He was pausing against the cliff for rest, not scenery. He was determined to win the mountain-top before sunset, and love of the beautiful was not his motive power. At length his panting bosom became still, his heavy breathing ceased, and muscle came again to the assistance of will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Bücher / Fremdsprachige Bücher / Englische Bücher / Kinder- & Jugendbücher 978-1-330-13771-0, Forgotten Books<

ISBN: 9781330137710

Excerpt from Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands Against a cliff of the highlands of the Hudson a man was clinging. He had paused in his arduous ascent of the mountain to rest, and now clu… More...

Excerpt from Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands Against a cliff of the highlands of the Hudson a man was clinging. He had paused in his arduous ascent of the mountain to rest, and now clung, panting and trembling from exertion, to the face of the rock, with his hands clutched firmly about a bush which grew from a crevice. He had a foothold in the rocky wall for one foot only. If the roots of the frail bush should yield to his weight, and draw out from the crevice, he would fall a thousand feet - into eternity. His purpose savored of madness. If he could reach the summit of that fearful wall, he would stand where mortal feet had never stood before: an empire of beauty and grandeur for the eye would be his own. He feared to look downwards over the route he had climbed. There was dizziness and ruin in the very thought. But a nobler and less hazardous view stretched away to the southward; and as his eye glanced along the mountain wall, he discovered, miles away, a bend of the Hudson, blue and calm - a sleeping lake sentinelled by the mountains. But the bold climber cared not for the immense territory of woods and water and castellated hills beneath him. He was pausing against the cliff for rest, not scenery. He was determined to win the mountain-top before sunset, and love of the beautiful was not his motive power. At length his panting bosom became still, his heavy breathing ceased, and muscle came again to the assistance of will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Stormcliff a Tale of the Highlands (Classic Reprint) Buch (fremdspr.) Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher>Kinder- & Jugendbücher, Forgotten Books<