 | 1829 - 696 sider
...a hundred miles to seek a vent. On the left the Potowmac approaches in quest of a passage also. At the moment of their junction, they rush together against...this scene hurries our senses into the opinion that this earth had been erected in process of time ; that the mountains were formed first ; that the rivers... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 sider
...along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their...this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, , that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1806 - 444 sider
...which is endeavouring, from the left, to force a passage also. The moment they unite, their waters rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The piles of rock above, and the steep precipice beneath, with the roaring of the torrent, form a sublime... | |
 | 1828 - 498 sider
...mountain 100 miles to seek an outlet. On the left approaches the Potowmac in search of a passage also. At the moment of their junction, they rush together against...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. " The broken and rugged faces of the mountain on each side of the river — the tremendous rocks which are... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 sider
...foot of the mountain an hundred units to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in tjuest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain, r-.-nd it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 944 sider
...the " foot of the mountain an hundred miles to " seek a vent. On your left approaches " the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. " In the moment of their...scene hurries our senses " into the opinion, that this earth has been " created in time, that the mountains were " formed first, that the rivers began... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 sider
...of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Palomac, in quest o,fa passage also. In the moment of their junction, they...this Scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in lime, that the mountain* were formed first, that the rivers began to... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 564 sider
..." foot of the mountain an hundred miles to " seek a vent. On. your left approaches " the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. " In the moment of their junction, they w rush together against the mountain, rend " it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The " first glance... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1819 - 592 sider
...an " hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left " approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a pas" sage also. In the moment of their junction, " they rush...scene hurries our senses into " the opinion, that this earth has been created " in time, that the mountains were formed first, " that the rivers began... | |
 | 1820 - 352 sider
...rock, yet few persons have the courage to approach it, and to look down into the profound abyss below. against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. A road on one side of the river leads through the beach ; also locks and canals have been constructed,... | |
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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... 
