The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
There's a whole range of words that people use about landscape. Pastoral? Idyll? I can't stand them.
The French have got taste.
The French are very individualistic.
It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.
No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.
Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.
There's always something fishy about the French.
I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded.
Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.