 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1880 - 486 pages
...Precipice , do foam and boyl after the moft hideous manner imaginable , making an outrageous Noife , more terrible than that of Thunder; for when the Wind blows out of the South, their dîimal roaring may be heard more than Fifteen Leagues опт. The River Niagara having thrown it fejf... | |
 | John Charles Dent - Canada - 1881 - 360 pages
...island sloping across the middle of it. The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off." Hennepin and La Motte were soon afterwards joined by La Salle and Tonty, accompanied by a party consisting... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1881 - 532 pages
...the universe does not afford its parallel The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...that of thunder ; for when the wind blows out of the S. their dismal roaring may be heard more than 15 leagues. The river Niagara, having thrown itself... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1881 - 572 pages
...the universe does not afford its parallel The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...that of thunder ; for when the wind blows out of the S. their dismal roaring may be heard more than 15 leagues. The River Niagara, having thrown itself... | |
 | Elijah Middlebrook Haines - Indians of North America - 1888 - 832 pages
...Falls, with the Isle sloping along the middle of it The Waters which fall from this great height do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...terrible than that of Thunder ; for when the Wind blows from off the South, their dismal roaring may be heard above fifteen Leagues off." It is submitted whether... | |
 | Richard Lovett - United States - 1891 - 246 pages
...an isle sloping along the middle of it. The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...roaring may be heard more than fifteen leagues off.' Rough and careless in detail as Hennepin's sketch is in all probability, it serves a useful purpose... | |
 | William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Mark Twain - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1893 - 254 pages
...sloping along the middle of it. The waters which fall from this horrible Precipice, do foam and boyl after the most hideous manner imaginable ; making...dismal roaring may be heard more than Fifteen Leagues off.2 " The River Niagara having thrown itself down this incredible Precipice, continues its impetuous... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm), James Fullarton Muirhead - Mexico - 1893 - 752 pages
...horrible Precipice do foam and boyl after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous ^oise, more terrible than that of Thunder; for when the Wind...South, their dismal roaring may be heard more than 15 leagues off. The sketch he made of the Falls shows several points of difference from their present... | |
 | Almanacs - 1893 - 444 pages
...above 600 foot, and foam and boil in an hideous manner, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than thunder; for, when the wind blows out of the south, their dismal roaring may be heard more than 15 Leagues off. PR, 1748. A woman once made equal with man becometh his Superior. PR, 1787. 1 Thur.... | |
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The waters which fall from this horrible precipice do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder; for when the wind blows out of the south, their dismal roaring may be heard more... 
