| Conversations, Granville Penn - 1828 - 442 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the blue ridge of mountains,...have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley; thus, continuing to rise, they have at length broken over this spot, and have torn down the mountain... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1830 - 306 pàgines
...mdr'bl mdr'jin jndr Ic mdr'vel mar'shdl mdrsh'e mdr'shdl mar'tur mor'ro w.nr'sll mdr'tur mdr'ffdje 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, from its summit... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pàgines
...The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that in this place, the rivers have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have (originally) filled the whole valley ; that, continuing to rise, they have, at length, broken over... | |
| John Pierpont - 1832 - 292 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains,...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 its summit... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 316 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains,...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 its summit... | |
| James Hall - 1833 - 228 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains,...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 its summit... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formTHE passage of the Potomac, through the Blue Ridge, is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes... | |
| Moses Severance - 1836 - 312 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains,...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 its summit... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formedan ocean which filled the whole valley; that, continuing to rise, they have at length broken... | |
| 1839 - 480 pàgines
...mountains were formed first; that the rivers began to flow afterwards; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains,...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 its summit... | |
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