 If it be in the spring of the year, and the young grass has just covered the ground with a carpet of delicate green, and especially if the sun is rising from behind a distant swell of the plain, and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more...  The West: Its Soil, Surface, and Productions - Page 73by James Hall - 1848 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...are seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. nd it is then that he looks up in your face with a countenance that says, ' Have pity on rae, just rising from behind a distant swell of the plain, and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can... | |
 | James Hall - History - 1836 - 306 pages
...are seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. If it be in the spring of the year, and the young...and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ;... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1838 - 328 pages
...are seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. If it be in the spring of the year, and the young...and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ;... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 pages
...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 of delicate green. When the eye roves off the plain to the groves or points of timber, these are also found to be in this... | |
 | William Kennedy - Texas - 1841 - 454 pages
...seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. " If it be in the spring of the year, and the young...and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye.* * * * When the eye roves off from the green plain to the groves or points... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...interspersed like islands, or the solitary treo, which stands alone in the blooming desert. If it is in the spring of the year, and the young grass has...and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ;... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Geography - 1851 - 552 pages
...extent, its verdure and flowers, its undulating surface and fringes of timber. If it be in the spring, the young grass has just covered the ground with a carpet of delicate green. When the eye roves off the plain to the groves or points of timber, these are also found to be, in... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 632 pages
...seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. ' If it be in the spring of the year, and the young...and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ;... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 370 pages
...seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. ' If it be in the spring of the year, and the young...and glittering upon the dewdrops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ;... | |
 | 1854 - 404 pages
...seen interspersed like islands, or the solitary tree, which stands alone in the blooming desert. ' If it be in the spring of the year, and the young...and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing; the... | |
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