"Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and..." - Quote by Jane Austen
Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.
More by Jane Austen
“Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”
“The last few hours were certainly very painful," replied Anne: "but when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering-”
“Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.”
More on Nature
“This knot of nature is so well tied that nobody was ever cunning enough to find the two ends.”
“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”
“In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.”