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  • The pastoralness of many a landscape is Alpine, with brilliant stretches of turf, scattered châlets, groups of haymakers, herds and flocks browsing about the rocks.

    The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • Wild crags to climb and romantic sites abound, also scenes of quiet caressing grace and smiling pastoralness.

    The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • No sooner are you beyond the dingy streets than all is beauty, pastoralness and romance.

    In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • But none of these interfere with the pastoralness of the scenery, and no wonder that this attracts French artists in the summer time.

    Holidays in Eastern France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • In many cases the tall black chimneys spoil the pastoralness of the scene.

    Holidays in Eastern France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • No costume or grandiose outline is here as in Brittany, no picturesque poverty, no poetic archaisms; all is rustic and pastoral, but with the rusticity and pastoralness of every day.

    Holidays in Eastern France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • The disjointed rhythms, making music with whatever material lie at hand; the sing-song barrage of lyrics with a nursery rhyme quality-there is a an experimental British pastoralness here, like Barrett, Julian Cope, Nick Drake, and The Incredible String Band, with mentions of gardens and forests, mountains and seas.

    The Daily News - News 2009

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