 ... 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
 | Glenn Scherer, Don Hopey - Appalachian Trail - 1998 - 390 pages
...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 - Nature - 2001 - 460 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... | |
 | James L. Golden, Professor Emeritus James L Golden, Alan L. Golden - History - 2002 - 562 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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 376 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... | |
 | Paul C. Metcalf - History - 2002 - 290 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... | |
 | Michael P. Branch, Scott Slovic - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 390 pages
...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 - Nature - 2004 - 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... | |
 | Adam Rothman - History - 2005 - 324 pages
...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 - Literary Collections - 2008 - 653 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... | |
 | Eli Bowen - History - 1855 - 442 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... | |
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