 | James Wickes Taylor - Indians of North America - 1854 - 604 pages
...preserving also the typography of 1698, the date of the edition in our possession : " Betwixt the Lake Ontario, and Erie, there is a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water which falls down after a sur2) Democratic Review, v. 190, 381. prising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe docs... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - History - 1855 - 440 pages
...Hennepin, who in his book published in 1698, giving an account of discoveries in America, thus writes: " Betwixt the Lakes Ontario and Erie there is a vast...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. The river is so rapid above the descent, that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavouring... | |
 | George Drought Warburton - 1855 - 310 pages
...will lnve a part of his quaint and exaggerated description : " Betwixt the Lake Ontario and the Lake Erie, there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and extraordinary manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. This wonderful downfall... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 492 pages
...entirely their own. With what gusto does Father Hennepin describe " this great downfall of water," " this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. 'T is true Italy and Swedeland boast of some such things, but we may well say that they be sorry patterns... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 488 pages
...entirely their own. With what gusto does Father Hennepin describe " this great downfall of water," " this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. 'T is true Italy and Swedeland boast of some such things, but we may well say that they be sorry patterns... | |
 | William E. Tunis - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1856 - 160 pages
...six hundred feet high, and describes them as " a vast and prodigious cadence of water, which fulls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its paraUel." As they purposed visiting the head waters of the Mississippi, it was necessary first to build... | |
 | William Ketchum - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1864 - 456 pages
...ago. The translation was published in London in 1698. " Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie there is vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. '; It is true, Italy and Swedeland, boast of some such things, but we may well say, they are but sorry... | |
 | William Ketchum - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1864 - 452 pages
...ago. The translation was published in London in 1098. " Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie there is vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. '. It is true, Italy and Swedeland, boast of some such things, but we may well say, they are but sorry... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1869 - 482 pages
...entirely their own. With what gusto does Father Hennepin describe " this great downfall of water,'' " this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. JT is true Italy and Swedeland boast of some such things, but we may well say that they be sorry patterns... | |
 | Canada - 1871 - 126 pages
...their grandeur. He is confident that they are above six hundred feet high, and describes them as " a vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel." As they purposed visiting the head waters of the Mississippi, it was necessary first to build a suitable... | |
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Ontario and Erie there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. 
