. American scenery. NOTHING AFTER ALL. 209 not got the start, instead of our highwaymen, and were nov/in the very deepest and most lonely .glen of MurderersHollow! This annoying adventure cured me of my deafness for awhile, and read us a lesson upon the immorality of eaves-dropping, which I commend to your most serious CHAPTER XL Mr. Deepredde put on his spectacles, and peered gravelyinto the map of New York, which we had placed under hiserudite nose. I am afraid, gentlemen, said he, that outof the abundance of your pleasant memories, you will all speakat once, when I ask you to
. American scenery. NOTHING AFTER ALL. 209 not got the start, instead of our highwaymen, and were nov/in the very deepest and most lonely .glen of MurderersHollow! This annoying adventure cured me of my deafness for awhile, and read us a lesson upon the immorality of eaves-dropping, which I commend to your most serious CHAPTER XL Mr. Deepredde put on his spectacles, and peered gravelyinto the map of New York, which we had placed under hiserudite nose. I am afraid, gentlemen, said he, that outof the abundance of your pleasant memories, you will all speakat once, when I ask you to send back your thoughts to thatcharming feature of the landscape of the Empire State, its ex-haustless lake scenery. The name of these exquisite idyls inthe poetry of Nature, in our own State, as in all the northernpart of the Union, is legion. They lie, sajs Willis, in themidst of the wild forests, like silver mirrors, tranquil andlovely, mingling a refinement and an elegance with the boldcharacter of the scenery, which contrasts, like Una with thecouchant lion, Everywhere, these silver mirrors repeat the picturesquebeauties of the New England hills and forests. In the wildsolitudes of Maine the noble stag looks fearlessly into the wa-ters of Moosehead, Umbagog, Oquosuck, Moosetucmagantic, andMolechumkea-merek; the names of
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