 | 1921
...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
...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... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott, John Herbert Nelson - 1925 - 266 sider
...[FROM THE "NOTES ON VIRGINIA." 1784] . . . The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...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... | |
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - 1925
...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 - 473 sider
...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 - 340 sider
...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 - 384 sider
...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...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 - 363 sider
...Shenandoah rivers at Harpers Ferry: "The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...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... | |
 | Jack Mclaughlin - 1990 - 481 sider
...a homely observation on human nature. The passage of the Patowmac through the Blue ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...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 - 267 sider
...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...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... | |
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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... 
