 But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.  The Yale Literary Magazine - Sida 2821836Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 sidor
...disruptnre and avulsion from their beds, by the most powerful agents of Nature, corroborate the impression. But the distant finishing which Nature has given to...the mountain being cloven asunder, she presents to our eye through the cleft, a small catch of smooth blue horizon, at an infinite distance in the plain... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1830 - 306 sidor
...and avulsion from their beds, by the most powerful agents of nature. corroborate this impression. 3. But the distant finishing, which nature has given...character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground, This is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous. For the mountain, being cloven asunder,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 sidor
...disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression. But the distant finishing which nature has given to...character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous. For the mountain being cloven asunder, she... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 sidor
...avulsion'1 from their beds, by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate this impression. 3. But the distant finishing which nature has given to...character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground. That is as placid and delightful, as this is wild and tremendous. The mountain being cloven asunder,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 sidor
...disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression. But the distant finishing, which Nature has given to the picture, is of a veiy different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful as... | |
 | 1833 - 224 sidor
...disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression. But the distant finishing, which Nature has given to the picture, is of i» very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 sidor
...their beds, by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborat^ftAimpression. But the distant finiMing, which nature has given to the picture, is of a very...character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground. Th^ is as placid and delightful, as this is wild and tremendous." For the mountain, being cloven asunder,... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - 1835 - 644 sidor
...the Shenandoah, bear evident marks of rupture and avulsion from their beds, by some powerful force. The distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of a very different character; and a perfect contrast to the fore-ground. The former is as placid and delightful as the latter is... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 sidor
...disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression. But the distant finishing, which Nature has given...placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous. This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. T^ei. here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural... | |
 | Bishop Davenport - 1838 - 534 sidor
...disrupture and avulsion fi their beds by the most powerful agents of nature corroborate the impressio But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of av different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid delightful as that... | |
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