| 1808 - 674 pages
...sublime, to be r'crt beyond what they are here:— so beautiful mi arch,so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is rcallv indescribable ! The bridge is in the county of llockbridge, lo which it has given name, atî'nrds... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...the sublime, to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of...considerable distance above and below the bridge, opens ashort*but very pleasing view of the North mountain on^orie side, and Blue ridge on the other, at the... | |
| Thomas Smith - 1804 - 356 pages
...&s: sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, ?o light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of...below the bridge, opens a short but very pleasing view ol the North JVIountain on one side, and Blue Ridge on the other, at the distance each of them of about... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable ! This Bridge is in the county of Rockbridge, to which it has given name, and affords a public and... | |
| Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 pages
...beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing up as it were to heaven ! The rapture of the spectator is really...short, but very pleasing view, of the North Mountain on the one side, and the Blue Ridge on the other, at the distance, each of them, of about five miles.... | |
| Francis Hall - 1818 - 944 pages
...really in" describable ! The fissure continuing " narrow, deep, and straight, for a consider" able distance above and below the bridge, " opens a short,...but very pleasing view, " of the North Mountain on the one side, " and the Blue Ridge on the other, at the " distance, each of them, of about five *'... | |
| Francis Hall - 1819 - 592 pages
...and springing up as it were to " heaven ! The rapture of the spectator is really " indescribable I The fissure continuing narrow, ** deep, and straight,...but *' very pleasing view, of the North Mountain on " the one side, and the Blue Ridge on the other, '* at the distance, each of them, of about five **... | |
| 1822 - 466 pages
...the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of the spectator ij really indescribable! This bridge is in the county of Hockbridge, to which it has given name, and... | |
| Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - 1828 - 478 pages
...the sublime, to be felt beyond what they are here: so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven! The rapture of the spectator is really indiscribable! The fissure continuing narrow, deep, and straight, for a considerable distance above... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1830 - 362 pages
...the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here : so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven, the rapture of...pleasing view of the North Mountain on one side, and the Blue Ridge on the other, at the distance, each of them, of about five miles.* The stream passing... | |
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