Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 234
of which falls acascade . . . precipitating into a large theatre of water.Under this is an artificial grot wherein are curiousrocks, hydraulic organs, and all sorts of singing birds,moving and chirping by force of the water, with severalother pageants and surprising inventions. In the centreof one… … VILLAS NEAR ROME many other devices for wetting the unwary spectators,... In one of these theatres of water is an Atlasspouting, . . . and another monster makes a terribleroaring with a horn; but, above all, the representationof a storm is most natural, with such fury of rain, windand thunder as…
