coups-d'oeil

Updated: May 24, 2025

But let us leave these disgusting animals, and return to the upland woods and prairies, where nature seems ever smiling, and where the flowers, the birds, and harmless quadrupeds present to the eye a lively and diversified spectacle. One of the prettiest coups-d'oeil in the world is to witness the gambols and amusements of a herd of horses, or a flock of antelopes.

Frederick Marryat - The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas