| 1835 - 430 sayfa
...upon the whole of the vast scene. The attraction of the prairie consists in its extent, its cnrpet of verdure and .flowers, its undulating surface»...which imparts the shape and marks the boundary of ihe plain. If the prairie be small, its greatest beauty consists .in the vicinity of the surrounding... | |
| John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 sayfa
...its waves are subsiding after a storm. An American writer says : — " The attraction of the praiiie consists in its extent, its carpet of verdure and flowers, its undulating surface and fringes of timber. If it be in spring, the young grass has just covered the ground with a carpet... | |
| William Kennedy - 1841 - 446 sayfa
...subsiding after a storm. " The attraction of the prairie," says the author of Statistics of the West, " consists in its extent, its carpet of verdure and...timber by which it is surrounded. Of all these, the last is the most expressive feature ; it is that which gives character to the landscape, — which... | |
| James Hall - 1848 - 282 sayfa
...point, you look around upon the whole of the vast scene. The attraction of the prairie consists in ils extent, its carpet of verdure and flowers, its undulating...all these, the latter is the most expressive feature — ft is that which gives character to the landscape, which imparts the shape, and marks the boundary... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 480 sayfa
...Yea,ZI to celestial choirs,38 Grace Darling's1" name ! WOEDSWOKTH XCII. — THE PKAIRIES OF THE WEST. 1. THE attraction of the prairie" consists in its extent,...verdure and flowers, its undulating surface, its groves, und the fringe of timber by which it is surrounded. Of all these, the latter is the most expressive... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 sayfa
...Darling's" name ! WORDSWORTH XCII. — THE PBAIRIES OF THE WEST. 1. THE attraction of the prairie11 consists in its extent, its carpet of verdure and flowers, its undulating surface, its groves, und the fringe of timber by which it is surrounded. Of all these, the latter is the most expressive... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 sayfa
...long heavy swell of the ocean when its waves are subsiding to rest after the agitation of a storm. The attraction of the prairie consists in its extent, its carpet of rerdure and flowers, its undulating surface, its groves, and the fringe of timber by which it is surrounded.... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 sayfa
...logic. — That 's all I say. ANONYMOUS. THE attraction of the prairie consists in its extent, ita carpet of verdure and flowers, its undulating surface,...timber by which it is surrounded. Of all these, the last is the most expressive feature ; it 6 is that which gives character to the landscape, which imparts... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1866 - 526 sayfa
...wonderful one-hoss shay. Logic is logic. — That 's all I say. XXIV. — THE PRAIEIES. % ANONYMOUS. THE attraction of the prairie consists in its extent,...timber by which it is surrounded. Of all these, the last is the most expressive feature ; it 6 is that which gives character to the landscape, which imparfs... | |
| John C. Van Tramp - 1866 - 710 sayfa
...ibrming the horizon, but on reaching the highest point, you look around upon the whole of the vast scene. The attraction of the prairie consists in its extent,...its groves, and the fringe of timber by which it is eurroundcd. Of all these, the latter is the most expressive feature — it is that which gives character... | |
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