 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 a hundred miles, to...  The Works of Thomas Jefferson - Page 366by Thomas Jefferson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...passage of the Potowmac, through the Blue Mountains, is, perhaps, (says the ex-president Jefferson,) " one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. — You...Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of • the mountains a hundred miles to seek a vent. On the left the Potowmac approaches in quest of a passage... | |
 | English poetry - 1788 - 708 pages
...Patoivm«: through the Blue ridge U perhaps one of the moft liupendous fcenes in nature. You ftand on ж very high point of land. On your right comes up the...Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hun.lrcd mihs to feelc a vent. On your left approaches the Pa'owmac, in queft of ap:\ffage alio. In... | |
 | William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...Blue ridge is perhaps one of the moft ftupendous fcenes in nature. You ftand on a very high point o£ land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having...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...along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to feek a vent. On your ieft approaches the Patowmac, in queil of a paflage alfo. In the moment of their... | |
 | 1828 - 498 pages
...which grow out of the dust of the earth." " The passage of the Potowmac through the Blue Mountains is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature....Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain 100 miles to seek an outlet. On the left approaches the Potowmac in search of a passage also. At the... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...THE POTOMAC THROUGH 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...having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred units to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in tjuest of a passage also. In the moment... | |
 | Francis Hall - Canada - 1818 - 344 pages
...eye commands 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 Shenahdoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...between the Atlantic on one side, and the Mississippi and St. Laurence on the other. The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one...very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoab, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...of the Potomac and Shenandoah Riven through thr Blue Ridge.—JEFFERSON. THE passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge, is, perhaps, one of the most...Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles, to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In... | |
 | Granville Penn - Earth sciences - 1828 - 510 pages
...CHRISTINA. With much pleasure, mamma. " The passage of the Potowmac," says he, " through the Blue Mountains, is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in...very high point of land; on your right comes up the ShenanJoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountains an hundred miles, to seek a vent. On the... | |
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