| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1858 - 760 pagina’s
...acknowledged to equal in grandeur anything on the Continent. "On your right," says Mr. Jefferson, " comes the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountains a hundred miles to seek a vent; on your leftapproaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pagina’s
...OP THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDOE. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ilidge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand...very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenan-* doah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 pagina’s
...THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE EIDGE. 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 pomt of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, 3 having ranged along the foot of the mountain... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pagina’s
...OP THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE. 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 Potomae, seeking a passage also.... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 pagina’s
...Harper's Ferry is the most remarkable and stupendous scene in nature. Jefferson thus described it : — "You stand on a very high point of land; on your right comes down the Shenandoah, some 300 feet wide, having ranged along the foot of the mountain 100 miles to... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pagina’s
...OP THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE. The passage of the Potomac through the Bine Hidge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a Tery high point of land. On your right comes up the iShenanduah, having ranged along the foot of the... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pagina’s
...THROUGH THE BLTJE RIDGE. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the mast stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high...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.... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pagina’s
...1. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes of nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On...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.... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pagina’s
...1. The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes of nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On...the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your leftapproaches the Potomac, seeking a passage also.... | |
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