The History of Ridgefield Conn From Its First Settlement to the Present Time
The History of Ridgefield Conn From Its First Settlement to the Present Time
Daniel W Daniel Webster Teller
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— RESIDENCE OF VVM. O. SEYMOUR, Esq. RIDGEFIELD IN iS^S- I 87 sandbanks along the shore. I could distinctly indi- cate the site of Norwalk ; and the spires peering through the mass of trees to the eastward, spoke sug- gestive of the beautiful towns and villages that line the northern banks of the Sound. West Mountain seemed nearer and less imposing than I had imagined, but the sea of mountains be- yond, terminating in the Highlands of the Hudson, more than fulfilled my remembrances. The scene h...as no abrupt and startling grandeur from this point of view, but in that kind of beauty which consists in blending the peace and quietude of cultivated valleys with the sublimity of mountains — all in the enchant- ment of distance, and all mantled with the vivid hues of summer — it equals the fairest scenes in Italy. The deep blue velvet which is thrown over our northern landscapes, differs indeed from the reddish purple of the Apennines, but it is in all things as poetic, as stimulating to the imagination, as available to the painter, as suggestive to the poet — to all, indeed, who feel and appreciate the truly beautiful.
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