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" ... a gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with an easy slope, and a full rounded outline, equally avoiding the unmeaning horizontal surface, and the interruption of abrupt or angular elevations. "
The Eastern and Western States of America - Page 235
by James Silk Buckingham - 1842
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...flat, but exhibit a gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with an easy slope, and a fall ature, that they emigrate within a few weeks after...kingdoms or perish in the space of one or two days. lo rest after the agitation of a storm. It is to be remarked also, that the prairie is almost always...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 26

John William Carleton - 1851 - 726 pages
...landscape of Texas. The suifacc of the prairies is sometimes termed " rolling, "from the resemblance to the long, heavy swell of the ocean, when its waves are subsiding after a storm. An American writer says : — " The attraction of the praiiie consists in its extent,...
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Texas: the Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas ...

William Kennedy - Texas - 1841 - 454 pages
...Western country, the surface of the prairies is termed " rolling," from its supposed resemblance to the long, heavy swell of the ocean, when its waves are subsiding after a storm. " The attraction of the prairie," says the author of Statistics of the West, " consists...
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases ..., Volume 1

John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1848 - 456 pages
...themselves not flat, but exhibit a gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with an easy slope, and a full rounded outline, equally avoiding the unmeaning...elevations. It is that surface which, in the expressive langnnge of the country, is called rolling, and which has been said to<Vesemblc the long, heavy swell...
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Calcutta Review

1850 - 570 pages
...aspect of the island exhibits a gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with an easy slope and a full rounded outline, equally avoiding the unmeaning...abrupt or angular elevations. It is that surface which might be expressed as rotting, resembling the heavy swell of the ocean around it, when its waves are...
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 13

India - 1850 - 576 pages
...aspect of the island exhibits a gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with an easy slope and a full rounded outline, equally avoiding the unmeaning...abrupt or angular elevations. It is that surface which might be expressed as rotting, resembling the heavy swell of the ocean around it. when its waves are...
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The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, Volume 20

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - Geography - 1851 - 552 pages
...of the landscape of Texas. The surface of the prairies is termed " Rolling," from the resemblance to the long, heavy swell of the ocean when its waves are subsiding after a storm. The attractions of the prairie consist in its extent, its verdure and flowers, its undulating...
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Travels in South and North America

Alexander Marjoribanks - America - 1853 - 504 pages
...or heat of summer. They are called the " rolling" prairies from their undulating surface, resembling the long heavy swell of the ocean, when its waves...subsiding to rest after the agitation of a storm. The prairies have in general a surrounding margin of woodland. When the plain is large, the forest...
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Library of American History: Containing Biographical Sketches, of Washington ...

Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...themselves not flat, but exhibit a gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with an easy slope, and a full rounded outline, equally avoiding the unmeaning...long heavy swell of the ocean, when its waves are retiring to rest after the agitation of a storm. It is to be remarked also, that the prairie is almost...
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Iowa as it is in 1855: A Gazetteer for Citizens, and a Hand-book for ...

Nathan Howe Parker - History - 1855 - 282 pages
...gracefully waving surface, swelling and sinking with easy, graceful slopes, and full, rounded outlines, 3 equally avoiding the unmeaning horizontal surface,...the interruption of abrupt or angular elevations. The attraction of the prairie consists in its extent, its carpet of verdure and flowers, its undulating...
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