 | 1840 - 342 sider
...of their junction, they rush together ngainst the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off together. The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion that the mountains were formed first — that the rivers hegan to flow afterwards — that in this plnce,... | |
 | Bishop Davenport - 1843 - 604 sider
...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 rush together against...this scene hurries our senses into the opinion that the mountains were formed first ; that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that in this place particularly... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 616 sider
...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 rush together against...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... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 596 sider
...the Potomac, in quest of a passage also ; in the moment of their junction, they rush together uguinst the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the...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... | |
 | Francis Wyse - 1846 - 482 sider
...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 rush together against...this scene hurries our senses into the opinion that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that in this place particularly... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1850 - 1008 sider
...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 rush together against...hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth ha* been created in time, that the mountains were formed first, that the riven began to flow afterwards,... | |
 | 1851 - 770 sider
...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 rush together against...mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea," Would you enjoy a wondrous mountain proa* pect? — there are the Peaks of Otter, an empire in the... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 sider
...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 rush together against...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 sider
...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 rush together against...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,... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 sider
...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 rush together against...to the sea. The first glance of this scene hurries oursenses DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. into the opinion that this earth has been created in... | |
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Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea. 
