The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, Volume 22Stephen Denison Peet, J. O. Kinnaman Jameson & Morse, 1900 - America |
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... walls of the palisades . In the distance may be seen the spec- tacle of cliff rising above and beyond cliff , like a colossal stairway leading from the torrid plains below to the domain of the clouds above . Very wonderful at times is ...
... walls of the palisades . In the distance may be seen the spec- tacle of cliff rising above and beyond cliff , like a colossal stairway leading from the torrid plains below to the domain of the clouds above . Very wonderful at times is ...
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... walls , to which the early Spaniards gave the name cayon , or canyon , are seldom found outside the plateaus . There they are innumerable and the almost universal form of drainage channels . Large areas of Plateau country are so ...
... walls , to which the early Spaniards gave the name cayon , or canyon , are seldom found outside the plateaus . There they are innumerable and the almost universal form of drainage channels . Large areas of Plateau country are so ...
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... wall , plunging down thousands of feet to the platform of a country quite similar to the Great Basin of Nevada . All the features are repeated and the desolation intensified in the dreadful region which is west and south of the Grand ...
... wall , plunging down thousands of feet to the platform of a country quite similar to the Great Basin of Nevada . All the features are repeated and the desolation intensified in the dreadful region which is west and south of the Grand ...
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... wall , where the light falls upon it , wears a scorched , over - baked , discharged look ; and where the dense black shadows are thrown - for there are no middle shades the magical haze of the desert shines forth with a weird , metallic ...
... wall , where the light falls upon it , wears a scorched , over - baked , discharged look ; and where the dense black shadows are thrown - for there are no middle shades the magical haze of the desert shines forth with a weird , metallic ...
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... wall , as if to catch a moment's refreshment from the shade . The colors begin to glow ; the haze loses its opaque density and becomes more tenuous . The shadows pass , and the chasm relapses into its dull sleep again . Thus through the ...
... wall , as if to catch a moment's refreshment from the shade . The colors begin to glow ; the haze loses its opaque density and becomes more tenuous . The shadows pass , and the chasm relapses into its dull sleep again . Thus through the ...
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