 | 1829 - 696 strani
...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 formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; thus continuing to rise, they have at length broken over this spot, and have torn down this mountain... | |
 | 1788 - 708 strani
...afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the blue ridge of mountain«, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rife they have at length broken over at this fpot, and hu-e torn the mountain down from its> fuminit... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 strani
...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 formed an ocean which rilled the -whole valley; that continuing to rife they have at length broken over a( this fpot, and... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1795 - 558 strani
...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 formed an...which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rife, they have at length broken over at this fpot, and have torn the mountain^ down from its fummit... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 strani
...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 formed an...which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rife they have at length broken over at this fpot, and have torn the mountain down from its fummit... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 strani
...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 formed an...summit to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 strani
...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 formed an...summit to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 944 strani
...the rivers began to flow " afterwards ; that in this place particularly, " they have been dammed up by the Blue " ridge of mountains, and have formed...summit to " its base. The piles of rock on each hand, " but particularly on the Shenandoah, the " evident marks of their disrupture and " avulsion from their... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 564 strani
...the rivers began to flow ?' afterwards ; that in this place particularly, " they have been dammed up by the Blue " ridge of mountains, and have formed...to rise, they have at length " broken over at this spat, and 'have torn " the mountain down from its summit t« " its base. The piles of rock on each... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 strani
...particularly, they have been dammed up by the Bine ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean tvhioh filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise,...at length broken over at this spot, and have torn thS mountain down from its summit to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on... | |
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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 up by... 
