| Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 Seiten
...the moft 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... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 Seiten
...The'passage of 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...passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The first glance of this... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1810 - 450 Seiten
...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... | |
| Charles Hulbert - 1823 - 374 Seiten
...stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoab, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred...approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. In the momen I of their junction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to... | |
| Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 Seiten
...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...miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the... | |
| Karl Bernard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 Seiten
...nature. You stand VOL. I.. 24 on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shcnandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred...miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 Seiten
...passage of 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...passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The first glance of this... | |
| 1836 - 418 Seiten
...Potomac through the Blue Ridge," says the philosopher, " is one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right...miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the... | |
| Philip Houlbrooke Nicklin - 1837 - 264 Seiten
...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 your left approaches...passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea." Notes on Virginia, NY... | |
| Philip Houlbrooke Nicklin - 1837 - 264 Seiten
...your right comes up * the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles o to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac,...passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea." Notes on Virginia, NY... | |
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