 ... spring from their rugged flanks, and threatening the valleys 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...  Tales about the sun, moon, and stars - Page 20by Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1837Full view - About this book
 | William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...bears a stronger resemblance to the towering sublimity, and the terrific ruggedness of Alpine regions, than to the tamer inequalities of less elevated countries....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,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...rise at once, from the plains, and raise their peaked summits high in air ; while projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and, threatening...unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached N 2 from the parent mass. In some parts, the perpendicular elevation of the mountains is above four... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1825 - 151 pages
...bears a stronger resemblance to the towering sublimity, and the terrific ruggedness of Alpine regions, than to the tamer inequalities of less elevated countries....fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent maes ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which accompany the over-hanging cliffs,... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pages
...height in the air, while projecting craggs spring from their rugged flanks, and threatening the vallies below seem to bid defiance to the laws of gravitation....fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass, and when we examine the rents and ravines which accompany the overhanging cliffs,... | |
 | 1826 - 404 pages
...while THE MOON. 125 projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and, threatening the vallies below, seem to bid defiance to the laws of gravitation....the base of these frightful eminences are strewed loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...height in the air, while projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and, threatening the vallies below, seem to bid defiance to the laws of gravitation....the base of these frightful eminences are strewed loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when... | |
 | John Vose - 1827 - 262 pages
...the plains, and raise their peaked summits to an immense height in the air, while projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and threatening the...fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines, which accompany the overhanging cliffs,... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1829 - 202 pages
...the plains, arid raise their peaked summits to an immense height in the air, while projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and threatening the...the base of these frightful eminences, are strewed nnmerofls loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - 1832 - 196 pages
...the plains, and raise their peaked summits to an immense height in the air, while projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and threatening the...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,... | |
 | John Vose - 1834 - 230 pages
...the plains, and raise their peaked summits to an immense height in the air, while projecting crags spring from their rugged flanks, and, threatening...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,... | |
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