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" If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and... "
The Wonders of Nature and Art: Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the ... - Page 288
by Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 568 pages
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 25

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...
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

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...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 9

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...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 2

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...
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Travels in Canada, and the United States, in 1816 and 1817

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....
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Travels in Canada, and the United States, in 1816 and 1817

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 *'...
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Travels in Canada, and the United States, in 1816 and 1817

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 **...
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The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c

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...
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Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826, Volumes 1-2

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...
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North America, Part 2

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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