 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they...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... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - History - 1806 - 444 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...of the 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... | |
 | Geography - 1820 - 352 pages
...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,... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Patowmac, in quest of a passage also. In the momen I of their junction they rush together against the mountain,...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... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 440 pages
..." 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... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...of the mountain a hundred miles, to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they...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... | |
 | Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - United States - 1828 - 478 pages
...of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction they...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... | |
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You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. 
