A pastoral paradise in terms of crime, right?

In the 1920's his sympathetic renderings of farmers and fishermen were exploited by the fledgling Irish government, which was eager to present the newly independent country as a pastoral paradise.

No more the pastoral paradise of Riverbend, no more those who would work sorcery with evil spells and candles and chants, no more.

This is no pastoral paradise disrupted by the grasping Jew.

Yet in the midst of this pastoral paradise, there are also archaic machines with gears and levers that thump and grind, and giant pre-electronic switches.

Amidst the smiling faces and waving palm trees this idyllic rural scene from the vantage of the air-conditioned bus could easily be mistaken for some sort of pastoral paradise.

The center of Khovd, whose uninspired architecture betrays Mongolia's past as a Soviet satellite, was surrounded by a pastoral paradise, revealing the country's deeper nomadic roots.

A pastoral paradise, perhaps; a nice place to spend one's life... until Brennan arrived.

Emulating Arcadia, a pastoral paradise was created to reflect Man's harmony with the perfection of nature.

In those days, Nova Scotia had been called Port Royal, or 'L'Acadie', meaning pastoral paradise on earth.