The wagonauts abroad : two tours in the wild mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, made by three kegs, four wagonauts and a canteen, in two parts . -<|\ &. DZ o (118) THE WAGON^AUTS ABROAD. 119 Here is also to be seen a piece of naturalstatuary grander than any artist ever cutfrom marble. A bold granite feminine head,with Egyptian headdress and cast of feature,projects from the side of a great bluff, withlow, massive forehead, well defined, express-ive nose, heavy brow, well curving lips—afigure as grand and gloomy as the Sphinxand somewhat resembling it in outline. It isa strong, sole
The wagonauts abroad : two tours in the wild mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, made by three kegs, four wagonauts and a canteen, in two parts . -<|\ &. DZ o (118) THE WAGON^AUTS ABROAD. 119 Here is also to be seen a piece of naturalstatuary grander than any artist ever cutfrom marble. A bold granite feminine head,with Egyptian headdress and cast of feature,projects from the side of a great bluff, withlow, massive forehead, well defined, express-ive nose, heavy brow, well curving lips—afigure as grand and gloomy as the Sphinxand somewhat resembling it in outline. It isa strong, solemn, reflective face, with vasteyes fixed on futurity in deep, solemn re-pose, as if meditating upon profound ques-tions, involving the beginning and the end,the woes and the sorrows of Titans, l^ofancy is needed to make out the features,and the profile grows sharper and clearerthe nigher one approaches and with eachsuccessive visit. Alas! if one had the brilliant descriptivepowers of a Ruskin, Avith his wordy and glit-tering wealth of adjective and mixed meta-phor, jumbled like mixed pickles in a bottleand as cold, lifeless, icy, and often as beauti-ful a
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