 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - Liczba stron: 508
...been created in time, that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterward, that in this place, particularly, they have been dammed...formed an ocean which filled the whole valley — that continuing to rise, they have at length broken over this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - Liczba stron: 548
...been created in time ; that the mountains were formed first ; that the rivers began to flow afterward; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed...formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that, continuing to rise, they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - Liczba stron: 546
...created in time ; that the mountains were formed first ; that the rivers began to flow afterward ; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed...Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which THOMAS JEFFERSON 385 filled the whole valley ; that, continuing to rise, they have at length broken... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1904 - Liczba stron: 574
...mountain an hundred 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...formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - Liczba stron: 246
...and pass off to the sea. The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion that the Earth has been created in time, that the mountains...particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge Mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that continuing to rise they have... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Kent - 1909 - Liczba stron: 520
...mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together...formed an ocean, which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | Thomas Kemp Cartmell - 1909 - Liczba stron: 648
...time, that the mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that in this particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue...formed an ocean which filled the whole Valley; that, continuing to rise, they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | 1916 - Liczba stron: 758
...mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also; in the moment of their junction they rush together...formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that, continuing to rise, tfcchave at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, George Perry Grimsley - 1916 - Liczba stron: 756
...mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also; In the moment of their junction they rush together...formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that, continuing to rise, thehave at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from... | |
 | West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, George Perry Grimsley - 1916 - Liczba stron: 766
...mountain a hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also; in the moment of their junction they rush together...particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Hidge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; that, continuing to rise,... | |
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In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, that the mountains were formed... 
