The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to... Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826 - Stran 186avtor: Karl Bernard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 450 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1829 - 696 strani
...perhaps, (says the ex-president Jefferson,) " one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. — You stand on a very high point of land ; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of • the mountains a hundred miles to seek a vent. On the... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 strani
...ftupertdous fcenes in nature. You ftand on a very high point of land. On your right conies up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to feek a »ent. On your left approaches the Patomak, in quell of a paflage alfo. In the moment of their... | |
| William Winterbotham - 1795 - 558 strani
...ftupendous fcenes in nature. You ftand on a very high point o£ land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to leek a vent ; on your kft approaches the Potomac!:, in queft of a paiihge alfo : in the rnor meat pent... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 strani
...Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of • the moil ftupendous fcenes in nature. You iland on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to feek a vent. On your ieft... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 strani
...the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land- On your right comes up the Shenandoah having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1810 - 450 strani
...From a very high point of land we beheld the Shenandoah, another river, to the right, which, after having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles, to seek a vent, meets the Patowmac, which is endeavouring, from the left, to force a passage also. The moment they... | |
| 1828 - 498 strani
...Potowmac through the Blue Mountains is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land : on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain 100 miles to seek an outlet. On the left approaches... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 strani
...THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA. This is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes hi nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred units to seek a vent. On your left... | |
| Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 strani
...correctly described. "'You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenahdoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred...miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Palomac, in quest o,fa passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the... | |
| Francis Hall - 1818 - 564 strani
...the magnificent prospect which Mr. Jefferson has so eloquently, yet correctly described. " You stand on a very high " point of land. On your right comes up " the Shenandoah, having ranged along the " foot of the mountain an hundred miles to " seek a vent. On. your... | |
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