... than she used in delineating and in beautifying the Old World.... The heavens of America appear infinitely higher, the sky is bluer, the air is fresher, the cold is intenser, the moon looks larger, the stars are brighter the thunder is louder, the... The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.VOL.I.January to June,1847 - Page 58by The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.VOL.I.January to June,1847 - 1847Full view - About this book
| Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - 492 pages
...heavens of America appear infinitely higher, the sky is bluer, the air is fresher, the cold is intenser, the moon looks larger, the stars are brighter, the...rain is heavier, the mountains are higher, the rivers longer, the forests bigger, the plains broader." This statement will do at least'to set against Buff... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...— the sky is bluer — the clouds are whiter — the air is fresher — the cold is intenser — the moon looks larger — the stars are brighter—...rivers larger — the forests bigger — the 'plains broarler; in short, the gigantic and beautiful features of the new world seem to correspond very wonderfully... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - Bookbinding - 1846 - 462 pages
...— the sky is bluer — the clouds are whiter — the air is fresher — the cold is intenser — the moon looks larger — the stars are brighter —...— the forests bigger — the plains broader ; in short, the gigantic and beautiful features of the new world seem to correspond very wonderfully with... | |
| English literature - 1846 - 614 pages
...— the sky is bluer — the clouds are whiter — the air is fresher — the cold is intenser — the moon looks larger — the stars are brighter —...— the forests bigger — the plains broader ; in short, the gigantic and beautiful features of the new world seem to correspond very wonderfully with... | |
| 1846 - 610 pages
...are whiter — the air is fresher — the cold is inteneer — the moon looks larger — the stare are brighter — the thunder is louder — the lightning...— the forests bigger — the plains broader ; in short, the gigantic, nnd beautiful features of the new world seem to correspond very wonderfully with... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1846 - 606 pages
...are, whiter— the air is fresher— the, cold is intenser— thft moon looks lurger: — tpe st»?s are brighter; — the thunder is louder — the, lightning^...— the forests bigger — the plains broader; 'in short, (he gigantic and beautiful features of the new world' seem to1 : correspond very wonderfully... | |
| English literature - 1846 - 604 pages
...the air is fresher — the cold is intenser — the moon looks larger — the stars are hrighter — the thunder is louder — the lightning is vivider...larger— the forests bigger — the plains broader; in short, the gigantic and beautiful features of the new world seem to correspond very wonderfully with... | |
| 1847 - 432 pages
...starts with the assumption, that in America the heavens appear infinitely higher, the sky is bluer, the clouds are whiter, the air is fresher, the cold...follows, after two or three chapters, one wherein we cannot speak much for the refined language of the author, entitled " The Flare-up," and what, reader,... | |
| 1847 - 796 pages
...higher — the sky is bluer —the clouds are whiter — the air is fresher — the cold is intenser — the moon looks larger — the stars are brighter —...— the forests bigger — the plains broader. In short, the gigantic and beautiful features of the new world seem to correspond very wonderfully with... | |
| Christianity - 1847 - 566 pages
...— the sky is bluer — the clouds are whiter — the air is fresher — the cold is intenser — the moon looks larger — the stars are brighter —...lightning is vivider — the wind is stronger — the rain heavier — the mountains are higher — the rivers larger — the forests bigger — the plains broader... | |
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