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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... "
The Lady's Magazine: Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ... - Side 143
1829
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Essays and a Drama in Five Acts

Elihu Goodwin Holland - 1852 - 420 sider
...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,...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 sider
...Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. 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...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 632 sider
...Mississippi and St. Lawrence on the other. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...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...
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A Pictorial Description of the United States

Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 sider
...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...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...
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Prose Writers of America: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts ...

1855 - 506 sider
...through the Blue Ridge. — JEFFERSON. 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, seeking a passage also....
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Rambles in the Path of the Steam-horse: An Off-hand Olla Podrida, Embracing ...

Eli Bowen - 1855 - 444 sider
...man than Jefferson. "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge— says he — 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...
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Springs, Water-falls, Sea-bathing Resorts, and Mountain Scenery of the ...

John Disturnell - 1855 - 272 sider
...curiosity. Of it, Mr. Jeflereon says, " the passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...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...
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The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History ...

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 sider
...BLUE RIDGE. FKOM TUE NOTES 0i VIR'iIMi. THE passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge, is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very hiuh point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain...
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The Lutheran Home Journal, Bind 3

1858 - 424 sider
...of God's creative power and harmony. "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge 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 an outlet. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a...
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The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857: Embracing a Full Account ...

William Prescott Smith - 1858 - 566 sider
...Jefferson pencilled his graphic description of the scene which there bursts upon the view. He said: "You stand 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...
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