 Betwixt the Lake 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.  The Niagara River - Page 166by Archer Butler Hulbert - 1908 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 492 pages
...downfall of water," " this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, 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 when compared... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 488 pages
...downfall of water," " this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, 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 when compared... | |
 | William Ketchum - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1864 - 452 pages
...Ontario and Erie there is vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, 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 - 456 pages
...Ontario and Erie there is vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, 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
...downfall of water,'' " this vast and prodigious cadence of water, which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, 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... | |
 | James Macaulay - United States - 1871 - 512 pages
...journey towards the region of the Great Lakes.* Here is the passage in which he describes Niagara :— " Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie there is a vast...prodigious cadence of water which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. 'Tis true... | |
 | Canada - 1871 - 128 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 down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel." As they... | |
 | George Washington Holley - Geology - 1872 - 186 pages
...undoubtedly correct, though its perspective and proportiohs are quite otherwise. He says, " Betwixt the lakes 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. 'Tis true... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 798 pages
...1678-'79, and is a curious mixture of sober truth and childish exaggeration. He says: "Betwixt the lakes 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 "Tis true... | |
 | Science - 1872 - 806 pages
...1678-'79, and is a curious mixture of sober truth and childish exaggeration. He says: "Betwixt the lakes 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. 'Tis true... | |
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