How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
How shall I describe the scenery that met my eye, as I looked out from this verdant recess! The narrow valley, [...] nearly hidden from view by masses of leafy verdure, seemed from where I stood like an immense arbour disclosing its vista to the eye, whilst as I advanced it insensibly widened into the loveliest vale eye ever beheld. (3.39)
Note: it's not just the most beautiful valley Tommo's every seen; it's the most beautiful valley anyone has ever seen.
Quote #2
Very often when lost in admiration at its beauty, I have experienced a pang of regret that a scene so enchanting should be hidden from the world in these remote seas, and seldom meet the eyes of devoted lovers of nature. (4.19)
Of course nature is hidden, Tommo. If wilderness were in the middle of city, it probably wouldn't be wilderness anymore.
Quote #3
The lonely bay of Nukuheva, dotted here and there with the black hulls of the vessels composing the French squadron, lay reposing at the base of a circular range of elevations, whose verdant sides, perforated with deep glens or diversified with smiling valleys, formed altogether the loveliest view I ever beheld, and were I to live a hundred years, I shall never forget the feeling of admiration which I then experienced. (6.28)
The admiration is in the past. Can we ever hold on to the feeling we felt, once?