. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. lifi ! 310 THE SEA. bard. Shakespeare's cliff rears its lofty head at the present time to an altitude of 350 feet, but iu the {jreat dramatist's day its summit was much higher, as indicated by the enormous boulders and heaps of di'/jrit at its base, the result of frequent landslips and fulls, Shakespeare well describes this grand precipice :— " Comi' on, sir; ht'iu's tho place: stand still, llow fearful And dizzy 'ti
. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. lifi ! 310 THE SEA. bard. Shakespeare's cliff rears its lofty head at the present time to an altitude of 350 feet, but iu the {jreat dramatist's day its summit was much higher, as indicated by the enormous boulders and heaps of di'/jrit at its base, the result of frequent landslips and fulls, Shakespeare well describes this grand precipice :— " Comi' on, sir; ht'iu's tho place: stand still, llow fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's oyos so low I The crows and choughs that wing tho midway uir. novER. Show scarce so gro6B as beetles: half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire—dreadful trade I Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishoraicn that walk upon tho beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy. Almost too small for slight. Tho murmuring surge, Tliat on tho unnumbered idlo pobblcs chafes, Cannot bo hoard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topj)le down ; From the heights about Dover the views are magnificent. Seaward is the beautiful bay, the Straits and the Downs, with its ever-changing fleets, the ships of all Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Whymper, Frederick, b. 1838. London; New York : Cassel, Petter, Galpin
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