 There is a serene and settled majesty in woodland scenery, that enters into the soul, and dilates and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations. The ancient and hereditary groves, too, that embower this island, are most of them full of story....  The Eastern Arboretum: Or, Register of Remarkable Trees, Seats, Gardens, &c ... - Page vby James Grigor - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1822 - 850 pages
...too, that embower this island, are most of them full of story. They are haunted by the recoüertions of the great spirits of past ages, who have sought...relaxation among them, from the tumult of arms, or the tods of state, or have wooed the muse benenn their shade. Who can walk, with ml unmoved, among the... | |
 | England - 1822 - 452 pages
...that embower this island, are most of them full of story. They are haunted by the recollections of great spirits of past ages, who have sought for relaxation...state, or have wooed the muse beneath their shade. Who can walk, with soul unmoved, among the stately groves of Penshurst, where the gallant, the amiable,... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 406 pages
...that embower this island, are most of them full of story. They are haunted by the recollections of great spirits of past ages, who have sought for relaxation...state, or have wooed the muse beneath their shade. Who can walk, with soul unmoved, among the stately groves of Penshurst, where the gallant, the amiable,... | |
 | 1822 - 524 pages
...that embower this island, are most of them full of story. They are haunted by the recollections of great spirits of past ages who have sought for relaxation...state, or have wooed the muse beneath their shade. ' Who can walk, with soul unmoved among the stately groves of Penshurst, where the gallant, the amiable,... | |
 | 1822 - 962 pages
...are most of them full of story. They are haunted by the recollections of great spirits of past age*, who have sought for relaxation among them from the...state, or have wooed the muse beneath their shade. Who can walk, with soul unmoved, among the stately groves of Penshurst, where the gallant, the amiable,... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 580 pages
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 | Forests in art - 1830 - 272 pages
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 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...considerable distances to examine trees which were celebrated among rural amateurs'; for it seems"that trees, like horses, ha.ve their established points...beneath their shade. It is becoming, then, for the Ligh and generous spirits of an ancient nation to cherish these sacred groves that surround their ancestral... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of riral economy. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the...generous spirits of an ancient nation to cherish these sftcred groves that surround their ancestral mansions, and to perpetuate them to their descendants.... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...acorn which he has buried in the earth, shall grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on nourishing, and increasing, and benefiting mankind, long after...From the tumult of arms, or the toils of state, or nave wooed the muse beneath their shade. It is becoming, then, for the high and generous spirits of... | |
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