 | 1832 - 600 pàgines
...keep the mind and eye on the stretch of interest; and the space only just extensive enough to admit of distance. Some further and loftier pinnacles may...uniting with the other peculiarities of the scenery, gives one the idea of a picture. ' Among these peculiarities may be mentioned a preciseness—if we... | |
 | 1833 - 348 pàgines
...beautiful river," " magnificent river," so liberally bestowed by its admirers, are quite misapplied—it is not a river at all. No one, when gazing around...uniting with the other peculiarities of the scenery, gives one the idea of a picture. Among these peculiarities may be mentioned a preciseness—if we can... | |
 | William Lawson (of St. Mark's College, Chelsea.) - 1859 - 114 pàgines
...craggy mountains, and resembles rather a succession of lakes than a river. These mountains, however, are after all only mountains in miniature. They have often, indeed, the steepness, rudeness, and overhanging ridges of the mountains bordering the Rhone ; but, as compared to them in... | |
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... of distance. Some further and loftier pinnacles may indeed be sometimes observed mingling with the tints of the sky ; but, in the body of the picture, the lake is clasped by the mountains in a close embrace, only varying in character from the gentle... 