 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...  The Lutheran Home Journal - Halaman 1441858Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1851 - 770 halaman
...at Harper'? Ferry — that the sight is worth a voyage across the Atlantic ! " Yon stand," says he, "on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the loot of a mouolaJn a hundred miles, to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 halaman
...above the village, has left a powerful description of the scenery of Harper's Ferry. He says : " ' The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge,...along the foot of a mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also ; in the moment of their junction,... | |
 | Elihu Goodwin Holland - 1852 - 420 halaman
...picture to the imagination. " The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge," says Jefferson, " is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very 3» becomes our motto. We may also know scenery which we have never seen, as we know Caesar and Bonaparte,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 halaman
...of the country between the Atlantic on one side, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 halaman
...of the country between the Atlantic on one side, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 632 halaman
...of the country between the Atlantic on one side, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge...very high point of land. On your right comes up the Sheuandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 halaman
...Virginia : — " The passage of the Potomac through the Blue ridge is one of the most stupendous scenes. You stand on a very high point of land ; on your right...up the 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... | |
 | 1855 - 506 halaman
...or in which I slept, at Philadelphia. Postage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge. — JEFFERSON. THE passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge,...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, seeking a passage... | |
 | John Disturnell - 1855 - 272 halaman
...its passage through the Blue Ridge. The passage is a great curiosity. Of it, Mr. Jeflereon says, " the passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge...point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, hsvinp; ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1855 - 444 halaman
...of no less a man than Jefferson. "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge— says he — is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent ; — on your left approaches the Potomac in quest of... | |
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