 ... 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 ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain...  Alfred Kazin's America: Critical and Personal Writings - Page 311by Alfred Kazin, Ted Solotaroff - 2004 - 592 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 696 pages
...of time ; that the mountains were formed first ; that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that, in this place particularly, they have been dammed up...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1788 - 708 pages
...in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivcrf began to fl ,\v 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... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...created in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by...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 - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...in time, tfyat the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by...formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rife, they have at length broken over at this fpot, and have torn the mountain^ down... | |
 | John Payne, James Hardie - Genesee Region (N.Y.) - 1799 - 662 pages
...time, that the mountJins were formed firil. that the rivers began to flow afterwards ; that in (his place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountain», and h»ve furmed an ocean which filled ihe whole valley ; that contitołng to rife, they... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...created in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by...formed an ocean 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... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1802 - 452 pages
...in time, that the mountains were formed firft, that the rivers began to -flow ?.fterwardf, that in this- place particularly they have been dammed up by the blue ridge of mountains, and have foimed an 'ocean which filled th'e whole valley ; that continuing to rife, they have at length broken... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 438 pages
...; that " the mountains were formed first ; that the " rivers begun to flow afterwards ; — that in this " place particularly, they have been dammed up...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... | |
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