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" ... boundless plains, waving with spontaneous verdure ; her broad deep rivers, rolling in solemn silence to the ocean ; her trackless forests, where vegetation puts forth all its magnificence ; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious... "
The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 405
1820
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine : — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime...be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities of ancient and local custom. My native country...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine: — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime...storied and poetical association. There were to be u2 seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities...
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The Edinburgh monthly review, Volume 4

1820 - 870 pages
...special desire to visit Europe. The reasons for this preference are shortly, but finely stated. лл Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poetical...be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities of ancient and local custom. My native country...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 13; Volume 31

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1820 - 636 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine : — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.' We pass over ' The Voyage,' which is a little too^ne. The first occasion on which the eye of an American...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 402 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine: — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime...of storied and poetical association. There were to >2 be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine : — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime...be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities of ancient and local custom. My native country...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine: — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. ut Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poetical association. There were to be seen the...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine : — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime...be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities of ancient and local custom. My native country...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.], Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...magnificence; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine: — no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime...be seen the masterpieces of art, the refinements of highly cultivated society, the quaint peculiarities of ancient and local custom. My native country...
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Early Years and Late Reflections

Clement Carlyon - Physicians - 1836 - 340 pages
...magnificence ; her skies, kindling with the magic of summer clouds and glorious sunshine ; no, never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery." Neither can it, I think, be denied that the exclamation of a French traveller, in the gorge of the...
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