| Brantz Mayer - Mexico - 1844 - 494 pages
...with the trne old English oak, with its undergrowth cut away, and the stately lords of the forest left in complete possession of the soil, which was covered...beautifully diversified with pleasing eminences and vales." In the garden of the Mission of Bnenaventura, Vancouver was struck with the quantity and variety... | |
| Periodicals - 1846 - 730 pages
...had originally been planted with the true old English oak ; the underwood, that had probably attained its early growth, had the appearance of having been...with pleasing eminences and valleys; which, with the lofty range of mountains that bounded the prospect, required only to be adorned with the neat habitations... | |
| John Russell Bartlett - California - 1854 - 744 pages
...had originally been planted with the true old English oak ; the underwood that had probably attained its early growth, had the appearance of having been...soil, which was covered with luxuriant herbage, and beautiSanta Clara was but recently occupied by a priest ; it has now shared the fate of all the other... | |
| Frederic Hall - San Jose (Calif.) - 1871 - 420 pages
...had originally been planted with the true old English oak; the underwood, that had probably attained its early growth, had the appearance of having been...with pleasing eminences and valleys, which, with the lofty range of mountains that bounded the prospect, required only to be adorned with neat habitations... | |
| Frederic Hall - Ohlone Indians - 1871 - 576 pages
...true old Enflish oak; the underwood, that had probably attained its early growth, had the appearancft of having .been cleared away and had left the stately...with pleasing eminences and valleys, which, with the lofty range of mountains that bonded the prospect, required only to be adorned with neat habitations... | |
| Frederic Hall - Ohlone Indians - 1871 - 618 pages
...had the appearance \f •*•«•'.•* of having been cleared away and had left the • /»tfl,*' stately lords of the forest in complete possession...with pleasing eminences and valleys, which, with the lofty range of mountains that bounded the prospect, required only tt> be adorned with neat habitations... | |
| California - 1881 - 892 pages
...growth, had the appearance of having been cleared away, and had left the stately lords of the forests in complete possession of the soil, which was covered...with pleasing eminences and valleys, which, with the lofty range of mountains that bounded the prospect, required only to be adorned with neat habitations... | |
| California - 1907 - 762 pages
...which had originally been planted with the true old English oak; tin underbrush, which had attained its early growth, had the appearance of having been...the soil, which was covered with luxuriant herbage, beautifully diversified with pleasing eminences and valleys, with a range of lofty, rugged mountains... | |
| Willis Linn Jepson - History - 1909 - 278 pages
...canon, logging camps in the forest, and pack-train camps on the mountain trails of Alta California. We had not proceeded far from this delightful spot,...valleys; which, with the range of lofty rugged mountains tliat bounded the prospect, required only to be adorned with the neat habitations of an industrious... | |
| Willis Linn Jepson - History - 1909 - 290 pages
...underwood, that had probably attended its early growth, had the appearance of having been cleared awa\, and had left the stately lords of the forest in complete possession of the soil, which was covered unth luxuriant herbage, and beautifully diversified with pleasing eminences and valleys; which, ivith... | |
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