"Pine-crowned" Quotes from Famous Books
... some strange gem which every moment shows itself through the framework of a new setting. Here and there little secluded coves push in from the sea, around which lie soft tracts of green meadow-land, hemmed in and guarded by rocky pine-crowned ridges. In such sheltered spots may be seen neat white houses, nestling like sheltered doves in ... — The Pearl of Orr's Island - A Story of the Coast of Maine • Harriet Beecher Stowe
... which we first see it, it certainly looks one of the fairest spots in creation. As we stand on the doorstep, the valley opens out before us, stretching far to the south, and revealing reaches of lake and river, broad waving meadows and clustering villages, wild crags and pine-clad fells. ... — A Dog with a Bad Name • Talbot Baines Reed |