...rising singly at the edge of the southern horizon of the landscape : its distance, he said, was forty miles, and its dimensions those of the greater Egyptian...however, is, that on different occasions it looms, or alteis its appearance, becoming sometimes cylindrical, sometimes square, and sometimes assuming the...

...conical mountain, rising singly at the edge of the southern horizon ... its distance, he said, was forty miles, and its dimensions those of the greater Egyptian...summit, through which, the true meridian of Monticello passes; its most singular property, however, is that on different occasions it looms or alters its...

...rising singly at the edge of the southern horizon of the landscape: its distance, he said, was forty miles, and its dimensions those of the greater Egyptian...sometimes assuming the form of an inverted cone." Jefferson discussed with philosophical courtesy the economic state of England and the likelihood of...

...a most agreeable amenity; with an unabated flow of conversation on the most interest74 ing topicks, discussed in the most gentlemanly and philosophical...appearance of the pyramid at the same distance; there is small cleft visible on its summit, through which, the true meridian of Monticello exactly passes: its...