 ... 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 - Page 27by Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass ofl* to the sea. The first glance at 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... | |
 | Eli Bowen - History - 1855 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass offto the sea. The first glance at 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... | |
 | Lutheran Church - 1858 - 424 pages
...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 obstructed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to tho sea. The first glance at 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. 2. The first glance at this scene hurries our senses mto the opinion that this earth has 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers, American - 1861 - 446 pages
...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass 6S to the sea. 2. The first glance at this scene hurries our senses mto the opinion that this earth has 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...senses into the opinion that this earth has been ereated in time; that the mountains were formed first ; that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that, in...place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Mue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled thft whole valley; that, continuing to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. The first glance at 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; thnt, in this place particularly, they have been dammed... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...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... | |
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