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" ... which England is pre-eminent. It is, however, to our rural life that we are about to devote our attention ; and it is in rural life that the superiority of England is, perhaps, more striking, than in any other respect. Over the whole face of our country... "
Goodwood ... with a catalogue raisonné of the pictures in the gallery of ... - Page 154
by William Hayley Mason - 1839
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The Rural Life of England, Volume 1

William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 448 pages
...any other respect. Over the whole face of our country the charm of a refined existence is diffused. There is nothing which strikes foreigners so much...of strangers than those rural paradises, the halls, castles, abbeys, lodges, and cottages in which our nobility and gentry spend more or less of every...
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The Rural Life of England, Volume 1

William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 428 pages
...other ' : -' respect. Over the whole face of our country the charm of a refined existence is diffused. There is nothing which strikes foreigners so much...of our country life. The elegancies, the arts and refine- ^ ments of the city are carried out and blended, from end to end of the island, so beautifully...
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The North American Review, Volume 51

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 568 pages
...as the beauty of our country abodes, ai the peculiarity of our country life. The elegancies, the ar and refinements of the city are carried out and blended,...of strangers than those rural paradises, the halls, castles, abbeys, lodges, and cottages, in which our nobility and gentry spend more or less of every...
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The Rural Life of England

William Howitt - Country life - 1840 - 652 pages
...any other respect. Over the whole face of our country the charm of a refined existence is diffused. There is nothing which strikes foreigners so much...abodes, and the peculiarity of our country life. The elegances, the arts, and refinements of the city, are carried out and blended, from end to end of the...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.

John William Carleton - 1840 - 532 pages
...it is accidentally met with in some nook of a Swiss valley, or on the summit of an Appennine ; and there is nothing which strikes foreigners so much as the beauty of " The stately homes of England, How beautiful they etand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all...
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The North American Review, Volume 51

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 564 pages
...any other respect. Over the whole face of our country the charm of a refined existence is diffused. There is nothing which strikes foreigners so much...of strangers than those rural paradises, the halls, castles, abbeys, lodges, and cottages, in which our nobility and gentry .spend more or less of every...
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