 | 1829 - 696 strani
...passage of the Potowmac, through the Blue Mountains, is, perhaps, (says the ex-president Jefferson,) " one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. — You...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.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 strani
...and the Missisipi and St. Laurence on the other. The'passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature....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... | |
 | 1828 - 498 strani
...which grow out of the dust of the earth." " The passage of the Potowmac through the Blue Mountains is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature....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... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 strani
...THE POTOMAC THROUGH 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... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 564 strani
...commands 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.... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 strani
...and the Mississippi and St. Laurence on the other. The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature....on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoab, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 440 strani
...zero. But as I have Mr. Jefferson's description before me, I will copy it for you. " You stand on a high point of land. On " your right comes the Shenandoah, having " ranged along the foot of the mountain 100 " miles to seek a vent : on your left approaches " the Potowmac, in quest of a passage also. In... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 strani
...Shenandoah Riven through thr Blue Ridge.—JEFFERSON. THE passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge, is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in...on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles, to seek a vent. On... | |
 | Granville Penn - 1828 - 510 strani
...CHRISTINA. With much pleasure, mamma. " The passage of the Potowmac," says he, " through the Blue Mountains, is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in...on a very high point of land; on your right comes up the ShenanJoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountains an hundred miles, to seek a vent.... | |
 | Karl Bernard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 strani
...JEFFEBION, in his " Notes on the State of Virginia." " The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand VOL. I.. 24 on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shcnandoah, having ranged along... | |
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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... 
