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It will be a source of pleasure to all to know that the beautiful nymph -- a worthy successor to the far-famed 'Elise' of the German 'Brunnen' -- who has administered the waters to so many grateful patients will still be in attendance, although it is rumored that she is shortly to become the wife of the distinguished discoverer. "
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Bret Harte 1869
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In the evening he, of course, went out in a boat on the lake, round and about the spit of land, to Brunnen and to Schwytz, and came in at nightfall.
Albert Savarus 2007
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In the evening he, of course, went out in a boat on the lake, round and about the spit of land, to Brunnen and to Schwytz, and came in at nightfall.
Albert Savarus 2007
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-- This famous road extends nine miles along the Lake of Uri, from Brunnen to Fluelen, and is noted for the remarkable boldness displayed in its construction.
Shepp's Photographs of the World Daniel B. Shepp
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_Brunnen_ of the luckless Abderites of Wieland, with its sea-god of marble surrounded by a stately train of nymphs, tritons, and dolphins, from whose jets the water only dripped like tears, because, says the writer, with grave naïveté, 'there was scarcely enough to moisten the lips of a single nymph.'
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Wenn das Kind ertrunken ist, deckt man den Brunnen.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Brunnen_, or "Fairy-Tale Fountain," at the entrance to Friedrichshain
A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready
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To the left of the principal avenue are the Roman ruins, the Obelisk and the "Schöne Brunnen" (beautiful fountain), from which the palace derives its name.
Shepp's Photographs of the World Daniel B. Shepp
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At Brunnen I met some persons going on a _pilgrimage_ to the shrine of Notre Dame des Ermites, at
A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard
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Brunnen is a large and handsome town, situated on the lake; it was here that the cantons of Schweitz, Uri, and Unterwald, concluded their perpetual alliance.
A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard
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