 | Thomas Smith - 1804 - 356 oldal
...Virginia is one of the most sublime of Nature's works, and consequently demands a place in a work of this nature. It is on the ascent of a hill, which seems...cloven through its length, by some great convulsion. The fissure just at the bridge is, by some admeasurements two hundred and seventy feet deep, but by... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1810 - 346 oldal
...the United States with sugar. Natural Br'idge.-\ This is the most sublime of nature's woks. It is oh the ascent of a hill, which seems to have been cloven through its length by some great convulsion. The fissure, just at the Bridge, is two hundred and seventy feet deep. It is about forty feet wide... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1812 - 822 oldal
...natural bridge, which is one of the most astonishing works of Nature. It stands on the ascent of a hl!, which seems to have been cloven through its length by sOme great convulsion. 'Die lissurc, just at the bridge, is by some admeasurement, 25U feet deep, 45 wide .Л ihe bottom,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 oldal
...Natural Bridge, and then asserts as follows : " The Natural Bridge is the most sublime of Nature's works. It is on the ascent of a hill, which seems to have...cloven through its length by some great convulsion. Its height is 413 feet, its breadth at bottom about 50 feet, and at top about f)0 feet ; the passage... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 944 oldal
...quotation is better than original insipidity. " The Natural Bridge, the most sublime " of Nature's works, is on the ascent of a " hill, which seems to have been cloven " through its length by some great convul" sion. The fissure just at the bridge is " by some admeasurements 270 feet deep, " by others,... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 oldal
...quotation is better than original insipidity. "The Natural Bridge, the most sublime of Nature's works, is on the ascent of a hill, which, seems to have been cloven'through its length by some great convulsion. The fissure just at the bridge is by some admeasurements... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 oldal
...described by Mr. Jefferson, late President of the United States, as one of the most sublime of the productions of nature. It is on the ascent of a hill,...feet, about fifty feet in breadth at the bottom, and lit the superior part about ninety feet. The passage over it is about sixty feet in width, and the... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 oldal
...Slates, as one of the most sublime '»!" the productions of nature. It is on the ascent of a. bill, which seems to have been cloven through its length...some great convulsion. It is in height two hundred am thirteen feet, about fifty feet in breadth at (tie bottom, and with the hill on both sides, is a... | |
 | 1822 - 466 oldal
...works. 96 •v.~.*..': --'it. '.-. 1UTURAZ. BRIDGE IS TIIXOINU. It is on the ascent of a hill, whicl seems to have been cloven through its length by some great convulsion. Its height is 213 feet, its breadth at bottom about 50 feet and at top about 90 feet ; the passage... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 440 oldal
...the celebrated natural bridge,* which was * "Tie natural bridge, the most sublime of Nature's works, .is on the asce,nt of a hill, ;which seems to have...cloven through its length by some great convulsion. The fissure, just at the bridge, is, by some admeasurements, 270 feet deep, by others only 205 ; it... | |
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It is on the ascent of a hill, which seems to have been cloven through its length by some great convulsion. 
