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The Scriptural History of the Earth and of Mankind: Compared with the ... - Page 408
by Philip Howard - 1797 - 602 pages
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The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United ...

Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 pages
...warned for ages by water running over them, Should this nave been the cafe, there muft have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by fome uncommon fwell in the waters, or by fome convulfion of natnre, the river muft have opened its way through a different part of the mountain, and meeting tfiere...
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 2

William Winterbotham - 1795 - 514 pages
...feet higher than the prefent bed of the river. This wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the Itones in it fuch as feem to have been warned for ages by...Should this have been the cafe, there muft have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by fome uncommon f\vell in the waters, or by fome convulfion of...
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 2

William Winterbotham - 1796 - 580 pages
...an hundred feet higher than the prêtent bed of the river. This wind-gap is about a mile broad, aud the ftones in it fuch as feem to have been •warned...Should this have been the cafe, there muft have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by fome uncommon fwell in the waters, or by fomc -convulfion of...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 pages
...for ages by water running over, the». Should this have been the cafe, there muft have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by fome uncommon fwell in the waters, or by fome convulfion of nature the river muft have opened; its way through a different part of the mountain, and meeting there with...
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...the river- This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them- Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters,...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 pages
...the river. This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters,...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 pages
...the river. This Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters,...
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Rambles in the Path of the Steam-horse: An Off-hand Olla Podrida, Embracing ...

Eli Bowen - 1855 - 444 pages
...mile broad — (situated in Lehigh county,) and the stones in it are such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters,...
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A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives, Or the ..., Volume 1

Archibald Loudon - 1811 - 364 pages
...the river. The Wind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. -Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters,...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1781-1784

Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 634 pages
...river. This \Vind-gap is about a mile broad, and the stones in it such as seem to have been washed for ages by water running over them. Should this have been the case, there must have been a large lake behind that mountain, and by some uncommon swell in the waters,...
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