| 1912 - 892 pages
..."imperial cataract"; "the thunder of water," as the Indians called it; or, as Hennepin described it, that " vast and prodigious cadence of water which falls down after a surprising and most astonishing manner, insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel, those of Italy and... | |
| Benson John Lossing - America - 1890 - 712 pages
...past two centuries. But their grandeur still remains as unspeakable as it was when he wrote of the "vast and prodigious Cadence- of Water which falls...insomuch that the Universe does not afford its Parallel." Scientists assert that the falls were originally near Lewiston, and were caused by the filling up,... | |
| Richard Lovett - United States - 1891 - 246 pages
...1678. We give also a little of his verbal description : ' Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water which falls down...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel. This wonderful downfall is compounded of two cross-streams of water and two falls, with an isle sloping... | |
| William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Mark Twain - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1893 - 254 pages
...that of Erie." We give the commonly accepted version : " Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie, there is a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water, which falls...insomuch that the Universe does not afford its parallel. 'Tis true, Italy and Suedeland boast of some such things ; but we may well say they are but sorry patterns,... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm), James Fullarton Muirhead - Mexico - 1893 - 752 pages
...1678. He described them as (a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water, which falls down after a surprizing and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford its Parallel' . . . The Waters which fall from this horrible Precipice do foam and boyl after the most hideous manner... | |
| Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1895 - 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... | |
| [Cassier's magazine]. - Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1895 - 248 pages
...well known description of Niagara Falls, commencing "betwixt the lakes Ontario and Erie there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water which falls down...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel." Later on, in the same work, he describes them again, giving their height as 600 feet. He also gives... | |
| Peter Augustus Porter - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1901 - 326 pages
...amplified in his " New Discovery," 1697, in these words : " Betwixt the lakes Ontario and Erie there is a vast and prodigious cadence of water which falls down...insomuch that the universe does not afford its parallel," which is as true to-day as it was over two centuries ago. He, however, gave the height of the Falls... | |
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