 | Joseph Martin (of Charlottesville, Va.) - 1839 - 650 Seiten
...and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge has been said to be perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature....land, — on your right comes the Shenandoah, having • NOTE. — The following interesting letter, on the mineral wealth of Virginia, was addressed to... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1855 - 442 Seiten
...no less a man than Jefferson. 4 ' The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge — says he — is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in...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 Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 Seiten
...RIDGE. The passage of the Potomae through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous seenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right eomes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent.... | |
 | J. Cecil Alter - 1928 - 836 Seiten
...Virginia "join" here, forming a scene of unsurpassed beauty of which Thomas Jefferson wrote as follows : "You stand 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 find a vent; on... | |
 | 1842 - 780 Seiten
...unrivalled description of this scene. " The passage," he says, "of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge, is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand ou a very high |>oint of land ; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot... | |
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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... 
