Farther on—if far or near can be predicated of their world—see horses， trees， pagodas， dancing the hays.
Here—a cow and rabbit couchant， and coextensive—so objects show， seen through the lucid atmosphere of f？ine Cathay.
I was pointing out to my cousin last evening， over our Hyson (which we are old-fashioned enough to drink unmixed still of an afternoon)， some of these speciosa miracula upon a set of extraordinary old blue china (a recent purchase) which we were now for the f？irst time using； and could not help remarking how favorable circumstances had been to us of late years that we could afford to please the eye sometimes with trif？les of this sort—when a passing sentiment seemed to overshade the brows of my companion. I am quick at detecting these summer clouds in Bridget.