 A part of their route would lay across an immense tract, stretching north and south for hundreds of miles along the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one...  The Lamp [ed. by T.E. Bradley]. - Page 108edited by - 1883Full view - About this book
 | British periodicals - 1836 - 650 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...floor of the ocean, countless ages since, when its primaeval waves beat against the granite bases of the Rocky Mountains. " It is a land where no man... | |
 | Voyages and travels - 1838 - 534 pages
...Missouri and the Missisippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable steppes of Asia,hus not inaptly been termed " the great American Desert."...wearisome to the eye from their extent and monotony, utld which are supposed by geologists to huve formed the ancient floor of the ocean, countless ages... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...trackless as the ocean ; and from its resemblance to the immeasurable steppes of Asia, has been styled the " Great American Desert." It spreads forth into undulating and treeless plains, and desolate and sandy wastes, wearisome to the eye from their extent and monotony. No one finds here a permanent... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Ells - American literature - 1778 - 392 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable steppes of Asia, has not been inaptly termed "the great American Desert." It spreads forth into undulating and treeless plains... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 590 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...ocean, countless ages since, when its primeval waves ticat against the granite bases of the Rocky Mountains. It is a land where no man permanently abides... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1851 - 542 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...ocean, countless ages since, when its primeval waves iicat against the granite bases of the Rocky Mountains. It is a land where no man permanently abides... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 546 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...formed the ancient floor of the ocean, countless ages s_ince, when its primeval waves Hieat against the granite bases of the Rocky Mountains. It is a land... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1860 - 542 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...ocean, countless ages since, when its primeval waves boat against the granite bases of the Rocky Mountains. It is a land where no man permanently abides... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1861 - 550 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...wearisome to the eye from their extent and monotony, ar.d which are supposed by geologists, to have formed the ancient floor of the ocean, countless ages... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1863 - 546 pages
...foot of the Rocky Mountains, and drained by the tributary streams of the Missouri and the Mississippi. This region, which resembles one of the immeasurable...wastes, wearisome to the eye from their extent and monotosy, and which are supposed by geologists, to have formed the ancient floor of the ocean, countless... | |
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