 | Art - 1808 - 674 pages
...emotions arising from the sublime, to be r'crt beyond what they are here:— so beautiful mi arch,so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is rcallv indescribable ! The bridge is in the county of llockbridge, lo which it has given name, atî'nrds... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...fe^Si the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It i$ impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime,...to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable !' The fissure continuing narrow, deep, and straight, for a considerable distance above... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 356 pages
...aucL i lion U &s: sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, ?o light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable ! The fissure continuing narrow, deep, and straight for a considerable distance above... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...head-ache. If the view from tlie top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in au equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising...to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable ! This Bridge is in the county of Rockbridge, to which it has given name, and affords... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : 90 beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, tbe rapture of the spectator is really indescrihable ! This Bridge is in the county of Rockbridge,... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 566 pages
...the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, aud springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable ! This Bridge is in the county of Rorkbridge, to which it has given name, and affords... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 538 pages
...parapet, and peep over it. Looking down from this height about a minute, gave me a violent head- ache. If the view from the top be painful and intolerable,...to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable ! This bridge is in the county of Rockbridg-e, to which it has given name, and affords... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1822 - 466 pages
...have resolution to walk to them, and look over into the abyss. You involuntarily full on your hands, creep to the parapet, and peep over it. Looking down...it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator ij really indescribable! This bridge is in the county of Hockbridge, to which it has given name, and... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Canada - 1830 - 360 pages
...Looking down from this height about a minute, gave me a violent head-ache. If the view from the top is painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful...to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable. The fissure continuing narrow, deep, and straight for a considerable distance above... | |
 | Josiah Conder - North America - 1830 - 362 pages
...Looking down from this height about a minute, gave me a violent head-ache. If the view from the top is painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful...to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable. The fissure continuing narrow, deep, and straight for a considerable distance above... | |
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If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing... 
