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Bambang Irawan Posted 11 years ago
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What does "But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco. What is the chief element he employs? There stand his trees, each with a hollow trunk, as if a hermit and a crucifix were within; and here sleeps his meadow, and there sleep his cattle; and up from yonder cottage goes a sleepy smoke." mean?
  

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It describes the picture that this artist wants to paint for you. What words don't you understand? They are all in a dictionary.

  • It describes the picture that this artist wants to paint for you.
  • What words don't you understand?
  • They are all in a dictionary.
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It describes the picture that this artist wants to paint for you.

What words don't you understand? They are all in a dictionary.
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First, have you looked up in your dictionary every word that is new to you, please?

Books, even the classics, that are written in very old-fashioned English are not really suitable reading for people who are learning English unless their level of English is very advanced. Do you feel that your level of English is very advanc
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Bambang Irawan What does "But here is an artist. He desires to paint you the dreamiest, shadiest, quietest, most enchanting bit of romantic landscape in all the valley of the Saco. What is the chief element he employs? There stand his trees, each with a hollow trunk, as if a hermit and a crucifix were within; and here sleeps his meadow, and there sleep his cattle; and up
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Herman Melville (or Ishmael) is using many different analogies to state that artists often incorporate water into their poems and paintings, and that men who work all day in offices in New York can be found staring at the water surrounding Manhattan when they leave the office. He is making an important relationship between man and water. I hope this answers your question because i found your q

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