 | 1815 - 558 pages
...these he hurried with impatience, and seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object,...since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence upon the desert, unknown to civilization. " The river immediately at its cascade is three hundred yards... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Nicholas Biddle - Columbia River - 1814 - 518 pages
...down these he hurried with impatience and seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object...since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence upon the desert, unknown to civilization. The river immediately at its cascade is three hundred yards... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - Columbia River - 1815 - 422 pages
...these he hurried with impatience, and seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the Falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object,...since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence upon the desert, unknown to civilization. The river immediately at its cascade is three hundred yards... | |
 | 1815 - 554 pages
...these he hurried with impatience, and seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object,...since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence upou the desert, unknown to civilization. " The river immediately at its cascade is three hundred yards... | |
 | William Bingley - Canada - 1821 - 374 pages
...these he hurried with impatience; and, seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the falls, he enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object; which, since the creation of the world, had been lavishing its magnificence on the desert, unknown to civilization. For ninety... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...rocks under the centre of the falls, he enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous cataract, which, .since the creation, had been lavishing its magnificence on the desert. These falls extend, in all, over a distance of nearly twelve miles ; and the medium breadth of the... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1831 - 778 pages
...some rocks under the centre of the falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous cataract, which since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence on the desert, unknown to civilization. Here the river, 280 yards, or 840 feet wide, is pressed in by a perpendicular... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - Readers - 1834 - 238 pages
...rocks under the centre of the falls, he enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous cataract, which, since the creation, had been lavishing its magnificence on the desert. 5. These falls extend, in all, over a distance of nearly twelve miles ; and the medium breadth of the... | |
 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 496 pages
...rocks under the centre of the falls, he enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous cataract, which, since the creation, had been lavishing its magnificence on the desert. The spray is dissipated in a thousand shapes, flying up in high columns, and collecting into large masses,... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...rocks under the centre of the falls, he enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous contract, which, since the creation, had been lavishing its magnificence on the desert. These falls extend, in all, over a distance of nearly twelve miles ; and the medium breadth of the... | |
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... seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object which since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence upon the desert unknown to civilization. 
