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INTRODUCTION. Let those who would see this delightful Collection to the best advantage, choose for their visit to it a fine sunshiny day—in winter. Let them, as they wind along the hard ringing road from Herne-hill to the pretty village in the centre of which the College is situated—(I am taking it for granted that they will choose to walk the latter part of the way at least)—let them observe the trees denuded of their green attire, spreading forth their thousand branches against the cold grey sky—as if purposely to form a study for the artist and the lover of Nature—their solid trunks (alike in summer and in winter) rising from the dark earth like pillars, and here and there wreathed with the clasping ivy, that gives ornament in return for support;—let them, as they pursue the gracefully winding and picturesque road that leads to the village, watch (through the unclothed hedge-rows) the various changesin the prospect on either hand, which they cannot do in summer, and which would look scarcely less lovely if they could;—let them listen to the low shrill call of the robin-redbreast, as he flits pertly from the road-side at their approach, or sings wildly sweet as he perches himself on the topmost twig of yonder thorn, that has been suffered to outgrow the rest of the close-cut hedge;—finally, let them, as they arrive at and are about to enter the Gallery, turn to the little upland that faces it at a short distance, heaving its green bosom into a gentlesweep, and looking as bright and happy beneath the winter sun as it does beneath the summer. The reader must not think that I am heedlessly calling upon him to attend to these objects of external nature, instead of leading him at once to those of which we are more immediately in search. I have purposely asked him to fix the fo...
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INTRODUCTION. Let those who would see this delightful Collection to the best advantage, choose for their visit to it a fine sunshiny day—in winter. Let them, as they wind along the hard ringing road from Herne-hill to the pretty village in the centre of which the College is situated—(I am taking it for granted that they will choose to walk the latter part of the way at least)—let them observe the trees denuded of their green attire, spreading forth their thousand branches against the cold grey sky—as if purposely to form a study for the artist and the lover of Nature—their solid trunks (alike in summer and in winter) rising from the dark earth like pillars, and here and there wreathed with the clasping ivy, that gives ornament in return for support;—let them, as they pursue the gracefully winding and picturesque road that leads to the village, watch (through the unclothed hedge-rows) the various changesin the prospect on either hand, which they cannot do in summer, and which would look scarcely less lovely if they could;—let them listen to the low shrill call of the robin-redbreast, as he flits pertly from the road-side at their approach, or sings wildly sweet as he perches himself on the topmost twig of yonder thorn, that has been suffered to outgrow the rest of the close-cut hedge;—finally, let them, as they arrive at and are about to enter the Gallery, turn to the little upland that faces it at a short distance, heaving its green bosom into a gentle sweep, and looking as bright and happy beneath the winter sun as it does beneath the summer. The reader must not think that I am heedlessly calling upon him to attend to these objects ofexternal nature, instead of leading him at once to those of which we are more immediately in search. I have purposely asked him to fix the fo...
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This is an OCR edition with typos.
Excerpt from book:
INTRODUCTION. Let those who would see this delightful Collection to the best advantage, choose for their visit to it a fine sunshiny day—in winter. Let them, as they wind along the hard ringing road from Herne-hill to the pretty ...