 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
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1904 - 574 halaman
...Atlantic on one side, and the Missisipi and St. Laurence on the other. The passage of [30] the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Day - 1862 - 354 halaman
...beauties of the locality : — " The passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge," he observes, "is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature....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,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 halaman
...produce a reformation in this elegant and useful art.16 Harpers Ferry: a war between rivers and mountains 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, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Merritt Roe Smith - 1980 - 372 halaman
...the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers at Harpers Ferry: "The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources - 1984 - 196 halaman
...President of the United States, wrote of the majesty and grandeur of the scenery at Harper's Ferry: "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge...perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature, and worthy of a trip across the Atlantic." Senator RANDOLPH. I remember — when I proposed the creation... | |
 | Jack Mclaughlin - 1990 - 496 halaman
...violence of the elements, followed by a homely observation on human nature. The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Catherine L. Albanese - 1991 - 283 halaman
...Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.) Thomas Jefferson owned the Natural Bridge as real estate. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right...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... | |
 | William Lach - 1992 - 65 halaman
...tone, as in the following passage. from Notes on the State of Virginia The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most...up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 halaman
...August. from Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) FROM QUERY IV. A NOTICE OF ITS MOUNTAINS? . . . 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... | |
 | Larry Luxenberg - 1994 - 276 halaman
...the late forties. Somewhat earlier, Thomas Jefferson wrote that "The passage of the Patowmac [sic] through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature." He added, "This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic." High on a hillside, out of the river's... | |
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