 | 1840 - 342 pages
...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 - North America - 1843 - 604 pages
...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 - Literary Criticism - 1845 - 616 pages
...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 - Literary Criticism - 1845 - 596 pages
...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 - United States - 1846 - 482 pages
...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 - United States - 1850 - 1008 pages
...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,... | |
 | Industries - 1851 - 770 pages
...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 - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...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 - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...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 - United States - 1854 - 668 pages
...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. 
