 All the world over," says one who has described in a few dashes the best of Swiss scenery, " the dawn of morning is beautiful, when the earth looks like a bride arrayed in orient pearls, and the sun spreads far and wide his canopy of crimson clouds, which...  There and Back Again in Search of Beauty - Page 29by James Augustus St. John - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1854 - 630 pages
...subject. "All the world over," says one who has described in a few dashes the best of Swiss scenery, " the dawn of morning is beautiful, when the earth looks...his glory converts gradually into gold. But amid the Valaison Alps, the loveliness of morning sets language at defiance. Imagine endless wreaths of snow,... | |
 | 1854 - 870 pages
...subject. " All the world over," says one who has described in a few dashes the best of Swiss scenery, " the dawn of morning is beautiful, when the earth looks...clouds, which his glory converts gradually into gold. Bui amid the Valaison Alps, the loveliness of morning sets language at defiance. Imagine endless wreathe... | |
 | 185? - 660 pages
...subject. " All the world over," says one who has described in a few dashes the best of Swiss scenery, "the dawn of morning is beautiful, when the earth...in orient pearls, and the sun spreads far and wide hit canopy of crimson clouds, which his glory converts gradually into gold. But amid the Valaison Alps,... | |
 | 1849 - 638 pages
...peaks, new chasms; and the all-pervading light clips them round and renders them nearly transparent. All the world over the dawn of morning is beautiful,...morning sets language at defiance. Imagine endless spheres of snow, crowning piny mountains, and enveloped with a rosy flush by the magic of the young... | |
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