 The passage of 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...  The Yale Literary Magazine - Sida 2821836Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Kemp Cartmell - 1909 - 648 sidor
...such creations. Here is what he said : "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 the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of a mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your... | |
 | William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - 1909 - 428 sidor
...and a quarter ago, Thomas Jefferson said was " worth a voyage across the Atlantic." He continues : " You stand on a very high point of land ; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged aloug the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to find a vent ; on your left approaches the Potomac,... | |
 | West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, George Perry Grimsley - 1916 - 766 sidor
...from the edition cf 1801 (p. 27) : "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Kidge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of a mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | 1916 - 758 sidor
...from the edition of 1801 (p. 27) : "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Kidge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of a mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | 1921 - 1314 sidor
...country where the Shenandoah and the Potomac meet off the peninsula on which Harper's Ferry stands : "You stand on a very high point of land ; on your...right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the root of the mountain a hundred miles to find a vent ; on your left approaches the Potomac, in quest... | |
 | 1921 - 590 sidor
...country where the Shenandoah and the Potomac meet off the peninsula on which Harper's Ferry stands : "You stand on a very high point of land; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the root of the mountain a hundred miles to find a vent; on your left approaches the Potomac, in quest... | |
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - 1925 - 844 sidor
...country where the Shenandoah and the Potomac meet off the peninsula on which Harper's Ferry stands : You stand on a very high point of land ; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the root of the mountain a hundred miles to find a vent ; on your left approaches the Potomac, in quest... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1925 - 498 sidor
...the shadow of the giant rock overlooking the scene depicted in the engraving. "You stand," says he, "on a very high point of land; on your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent ; on your left approaches the Potomac in quest... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Day - 1862 - 354 sidor
...the locality : — " The passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge," he observes, "is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature. You stand...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of a mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 sidor
...Ferry: a war between rivers and mountains The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...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... | |
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