 ... atmosphere. You must be satisfied with such admiration as I can honestly give. I call it a very fine country — the hills are steep, the woods seem full of fine timber, and the valley looks comfortable and snug— with rich meadows and several neat...  Sense and sensibility - Page 114by Jane Austen - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1864 - 530 pages
...comfortable and snug, — with rich meadows and several neat farm houses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because it unites beauty with utility — and I dare-say it is a picturesque one too, because you admire it ; I can easily believe it to be full of... | |
 | Jane Austen - English literature - 1882 - 342 pages
...comfortable and snug, — with rich meadows and several neat farm-houses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because it unites beauty with utility — and I fc dare say it is a picturesque one too, because you admire it ; I can easily believe it to be full... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 268 pages
...looks comfortable and snug, — with rich meadows and several neat farmhouses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because...easily believe it to be full of rocks and promontories, gray moss and brushwood; but these are all lost on me. I know nothing of the picturesque." "I am afraid... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1899 - 264 pages
...looks comfortable and snug, — with rich meadows and several neat farmhouses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because...easily believe it to be full of rocks and promontories, gray moss and brushwood; but these are all lost on me. I know nothing of the picturesque." "I am afraid... | |
 | Elie Halévy - France - 1900 - 454 pages
...« pittoresque» : « I have no knowledge of the picturesque. . . I call it a very fine country. .. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because it unites beauty with utility ». Et Marianne répond: «It is very true that admiration of landscape scenery is become a mere jargon.... | |
 | Élie Halévy - France - 1901 - 404 pages
...« I have no knowledgc of the picturesque. . . 1 call it a very fine country... It exactly answer= my idea of a fine country, because it unites beauty with utility i. Et Maria :,. e répond: « It is very true that admiration of landscape scenery is become a mere... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1903 - 1020 pages
...looks comfortable and snug, with rich meadows and several neat farmhouses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because...easily believe it to be full of rocks and promontories, gray moss and brushwood, but these are all lost on me. I know nothing of the picturesque." " I am afraid... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1905 - 296 pages
...looks comfortable and snug- — with rich meadows and several neat farmhouses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because...promontories, grey moss and brushwood, but these are all Idst on me. I know nothing of the picturesque.' ' I am afraid it is but too true,' said Marianne ;... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1926 - 474 pages
...looks comfortable and snug— with rich meadows and several neat farm houses scattered here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because...to be full of rocks and promontories, grey moss and brush wood, but these are all lost on me. I know nothing of the picturesque." " I am afraid it is but... | |
 | William Bowman Piper - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 244 pages
...valley looks comfortable and snug—with rich meadows and several neat farm houses here and there. It exactly answers my idea of a fine country, because it unites beauty with utility—and I dare say it is a picturesque one too, because you admire it; I can easily believe it... | |
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