Travels in Europe And the East a Year in England Scotland Ireland volume
Travels in Europe And the East a Year in England Scotland Ireland volume
Samuel Irenus Prime
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Alone, in such a spot, so far from home, and looking upon such a prospect, I am half afraid to turn away from it to "write, for fear I should look up again and find it gone. What must heaven be, if earth can be so fair ? Take the finest trees that we ever meet with in America (dear land of my heart), and the widest rolling landscape the eye can take in at one view : plant these trees in gi'oves and long 136 EUROPE AND THE EAST. The jjalaci'. I'ictures. Library. drawn aisles and avenues ; in the... open grounds let gardens, with every flower and plant, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop on the wall, ti-om the rose of Sharon to the violet, burst upon the sight; set the fountains and water-falls in motion, as if nature were sporting with art for man's amusement ; and in the midst of all this beauty rear castellated halls, and give them all, all to one man without fee or reward, and would he not have Paradise ? But let us go in. Passing through the grand entrance-hall, adorned with statues, trophies, and costly j^ictures, we pass on to the main suite of private apartments, and pausing at the window on the south side of the palace, which looks out on the gardens, then tm-n, and the doors are now open tlirough the long range of drawing-rooms, cabinet, dining-room, picture halls, and the eye sees three hundred and seventy-five feet in one line — all this extent is furnished fit for the residence of kino-s.
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