 | Roger G. Kennedy - 2003 - 376 էջ
...pass off to the sea. 1 Beyond the "piles of rock on each hand, . . . [composing] the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature," lay the perilous but immensely valuable unknown. As Jefferson turned to face eastward, his gaze was... | |
 | Roger G. Kennedy - 2003 - 376 էջ
...pass off to the sea.1 Beyond the "piles of rock on each hand, . . . [composing] the evident marks ot their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents ot nature," lay the perilous but immensely valuable unknown. As Jefferson turned to face eastward,... | |
 | Michael P. Branch - 2004 - 444 էջ
...to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by...the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2004 - 178 էջ
...their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. But the distant finishing which nature has given to...the picture, is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous. For... | |
 | Alfred Kazin, Ted Solotaroff - 2004 - 593 էջ
...over at this spot, and have torn the mountam down from its summit to its base The distinct finishmg which nature has given to the picture is of a very different characrer, , , , For the mountain being cloven asundet, she presents to your eye, thtough the cleft,... | |
 | Kevin J. Hayes - 2008 - 653 էջ
...to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by...the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the fore-ground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 478 էջ
...to-its base. The piles of rock on each side, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by...the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous. For... | |
 | Eli Bowen - 1855 - 442 էջ
...to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah ; the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by...the picture is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous. For... | |
 | 1842 - 780 էջ
...Shenandoah — the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their U'ds by the most ¡K)werful agents of nature, corroborate the impression. But...given to the picture, is of a very different character j 7 it is a true contrast to the foreground ; it is as placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous,... | |
 | Joseph Martin (of Charlottesville, Va.) - 1839 - 650 էջ
...the Shenandoah, bear evident marks of rupture and avulsion from their beds, by some powerful force. The distant finishing which nature has given to the picture is of a very different character ; and a perfect contrast to the fore-ground. The former is as placid and delightful as the latter is... | |
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But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture, is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful as that is wild and tremendous. 
