... 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 valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down... Notes on the State of Virginia - Strona 27autor: Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - Liczba stron: 495Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Glenn Scherer, Don Hopey - 1998 - Liczba stron: 390
...mountain, render 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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly ... they have at last... | |
| J. Kent Minichiello, Anthony W. White - 2001 - Liczba stron: 460
...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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| James L. Golden, Professor Emeritus James L Golden, Alan L. Golden - 2002 - Liczba stron: 562
...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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes - 2002 - Liczba stron: 376
...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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| Paul C. Metcalf - 2002 - Liczba stron: 290
...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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly, they have been dammed... | |
| Michael P. Branch, Scott Slovic - 2003 - Liczba stron: 390
...and the pastoral scene "through the cleft", reads: 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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| Michael P. Branch - 2004 - Liczba stron: 444
...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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| Adam Rothman - 2005 - Liczba stron: 324
...Rivers in western Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains: "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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| Kevin J. Hayes - 2008 - Liczba stron: 653
...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 first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
| Eli Bowen - 1855 - Liczba stron: 442
...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 first ; that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that in this place particularly they have been dammed... | |
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