 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...that in this place, particularly, they havp J>een dammed up by the Blue ridge of mountains, and Lave formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that...continuing to rise they have at length broken over :U this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its £ummit to its base. The piles of rock on each... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 438 pages
...rivers begun to flow afterwards ; — that in this " place particularly, they have been dammed up " by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have " formed an..." the mountain down from its summit to its " base. — This scene is worth a voyage across the " Atlantic; yet here, as in the neighbourhood " of the... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 442 pages
...rivers begun to flow afterwards;—that in this " place particularly, they have been dammed up " by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have " formed an...have torn " the mountain down from its summit to its " base.—This scene is worth a voyage across the " Atlantic; yet here, as in the neighbourhood " of... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) - United States - 1828 - 478 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Granville Penn - Earth sciences - 1828 - 510 pages
...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 the mountain... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | 1829 - 460 pages
...the rivers began to Bow afterwards ; that, in this place particularly, they hare 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, liiul have torn duv.-H this mountain... | |
 | Josiah Conder - North America - 1830 - 362 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Canada - 1830 - 360 pages
...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,...summit to its base. The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disruptnre and avulsion from their beds,... | |
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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... 
