 | 1829 - 696 Seiten
...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 the...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 began... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 Seiten
...mountain, rend it afundef, and pafs off to the fea. The rirtt glance of this fcene hurries our fenfes into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1795 - 558 Seiten
...into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, tfyat the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 Seiten
...mountain, rend it afunder, and pafs off to the fea. The firil glance of this fcene hurries our fenfes into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1802 - 452 Seiten
...mountain, rend it aftir.der, and país off to the fsa. The fiift glance of this fcene hurries our fenfes into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to -flow ?.fterwardf, that in this- place particularly they have been... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 Seiten
...miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they rush together against the mountain,...flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1806 - 444 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 the...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 Seiten
...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...afterWards, that in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 944 Seiten
..." seek a vent. On your left approaches " the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. " In the moment of their junction, they " rush together against the...afterwards ; that in this place particularly, " they have been dammed up by the Blue " ridge of mountains, and have formed an " ocean which filled the whole... | |
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Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. 
