 ... below, seem to bid defiance to the laws of gravitation. Around the base of these frightful eminences, are strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and...  Tales about the sun, moon, and stars - Page 20by Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1837Full view - About this book
 | William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which...contemplated in its effects, is about to be exhibited before us in tremendous reality. The mountains called the Appennines, which traverse a portion of the... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pages
...strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass, and when we examine the rents and ravines which...contemplated in its effects, is about to be exhibited before us in tremendous reality. The mountains called the Appennines, which traverse a portion of the... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1825 - 151 pages
...numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent maes ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which accompany...contemplated in its effects, is about to be exhibited before us in tremendous reality. The mountains, called the Appenines, which traverse a portion of the... | |
 | 1826 - 404 pages
...eminences are strewed loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which...contemplated in its effects, is about to be exhibited before us in tremendous reality. — The strata of lunar mountains called the Appenines, which traverse... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...eminences are strewed loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which...contemplated in its effects, is about to be exhibited before us in tremendbus reality. — The strata of lunar mountains called the Appenines, which traverse... | |
 | John Vose - 1827 - 262 pages
...strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines,...every moment, that they are to be torn from their fcase, and that the process of destructive separation, which we had only contemplated in its effects,... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1829 - 202 pages
...strewed nnmerofls loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which...had only contemplated in its effects, is about to he exhibited before us in tremendous reality. The mountains, called the. Apennines, which traverse... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1832 - 196 pages
...strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which accompany the over-hanging cliffs, we ex> pect every moment that they are to be torn from tneir base, and that the process of destructive... | |
 | John Vose - 1834 - 230 pages
...strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines, which accompany the ever-changing cliffs, we expect every moment that they are to be torn from their bases, and that the... | |
 | Thomas Spofford - 1835 - 84 pages
...frightful eminences are strewed numerous fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass; and when we examine the rents and ravines which...moment that they are to be torn from their base, and the process of destructive separation, whicn we had only contemplated in its effects, is about to he... | |
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