 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...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 - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...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 - Canada - 1818 - 564 pages
...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 - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...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 - Canada - 1824 - 440 pages
...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 - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...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 - Earth sciences - 1828 - 510 pages
...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) - Pensacola (Fla.) - 1828 - 478 pages
...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... 
