 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...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 - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...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 - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...ftupendous fcenes in nature. You ftand on a very high point oŁ 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 - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...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 - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...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 - Canada - 1810 - 450 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...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 - Canada - 1818 - 344 pages
...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 - Canada - 1818 - 564 pages
...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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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... 
