| 1829 - 696 pagine
...a hundred 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...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 pagine
...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... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 pagine
...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 pagine
...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... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1806 - 444 pagine
...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 pagine
...mountain 100 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...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 pagine
...mountain an hundred units to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in tjuest 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 of this scene hurries our senses into... | |
| 1820 - 352 pagine
...rock, yet few persons have the courage to approach it, and to look down into the profound abyss below. against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. A road on one side of the river leads through the beach ; also locks and canals have been constructed,... | |
| Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 440 pagine
..." the Potowmac, in quest of a passage also. In " the moment of their junction, they rush toge" ther against the mountain, rend it asunder, " and pass...scene hurries our senses into the opinion, " that the earth has been created in time ; that " the mountains were formed first ; that the " rivers begun... | |
| Granville Penn - 1828 - 510 pagine
...hundred miles, to seek a vent. On the left approaches the Potowmac, in quest of a passage also. At the moment of their junction, they rush together against...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... | |
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