 Niagara, which is not above half a quarter of a League broad, but is wonderfully deep in some places. It is so rapid above this Descent, that it violently hurries down the wild Beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being...  The Niagara River - Page 166by Archer Butler Hulbert - 1908 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Wickes Taylor - Ohio - 1854 - 562 pages
...compared to this of which we now speak. At the foot of this horrible Prescipice, w r e meet with the Elver Niagara, which is not above half a quarter of a League...that it violently hurries down the wild Beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the force of its... | |
 | George Washington Holley - Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) - 1872 - 184 pages
...patterns when compared with this of which we now speak. * * * * It [the river] is so rapid above the descent, that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavouring to pass it, * * * they not being able to withstand the force of its current, which inevitably casts them headlong... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Anthologies - 1875 - 604 pages
...down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford a parallel. At the foot of this horrible Precipice we meet with...endeavouring to pass it to feed on the other side, tl;ey not being able to withstand the force of its Current, which inevitably casts them down headlong... | |
 | William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Mark Twain - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1893 - 254 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible Precipice, we meet with the River Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the force of its... | |
 | William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1901 - 432 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible Precipice, we meet with the River Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the force of its... | |
 | Trumbull White - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1902 - 752 pages
...now speak. At the foot of this horrible precipice we meet with the river Niagara, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep...that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavoring to pass it to feed on the other side, they not being able to withstand the force of its... | |
 | Geological Survey of Canada, Joseph William Spencer - Niagara Falls - 1907 - 550 pages
...above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep in some places. It is so rapid above the descent that it violently hurries down the wild beasts...able to withstand the force of its current, which invariably casts them headlong about six hundred foot high. This wonderful downfall is composed of... | |
 | Geological Survey of Canada - 1907 - 530 pages
...now speak. At the foot of the horrible precipice we meet with the Niagr.ra river, which is not above a quarter of a league broad, but is wonderfully deep in some places. It is so rapid above the descent that it violently hurries down the wild beasts while endeavouring to pass it to feed on... | |
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