A descriptive picture of Dover; or, The visitor's new guide

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Seite 65 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge.
Seite 66 - Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn and the deficient'sight Topple down headlong.
Seite 64 - Those from the western battlements spread over fertile valleys, down one of which descends the river Dour and the main road from London. Other valleys branch off to the west, and are intersected by lofty hills. From the turrets of the keep the prospects are grand and beautiful...
Seite 66 - From the edge of the cliff, on the eastern side of the castle, the eye, elevated 370 feet above the ocean, wanders over a vast expanse of waters. Directly opposite lies the coast of France, at a distance of about twenty miles. In clear weather, the lofty cliffs, the fields, the houses, and a wide extent of country are distinctly seen. On the right lies the town of Boulogne, and on a hill, near it, the lofty tower built by Bonaparte at the time of his intended invasion. About it, and along the coast...
Seite 67 - Cliff; and its numerous batteries not only command the town and harbour, but also the approaches from the surrounding country. Handsome barracks are pleasantly situated above the town, and have a communication with it by means of a Military Shaft. The entrance to it from the lower part of Snargatestreet, is through an arched passage, at the extremity of which, three spiral flights of 140 steps each, wind round a large shaft or tower, open at the top to admit light ; and 59 more, making together 199...
Seite 62 - O'er hill and dale I throw my ball ; Breaker, my name, of mound and wall.
Seite 50 - ... feet. The lapse of time has so materially impaired this edifice, that it is impossible to determine its original height, which is now reduced to about 40 feet. It was built with a stalactical composition, instead of stone, and intermixed with courses of Roman...
Seite 66 - ... were encamped his numerous armies. Twenty-three miles to the left of Boulogne, on the low ground, is the town of Calais, whose towers and battlements are often clearly seen by the naked eye. Ships of all nations are continually passing this narrowest part of the Channel, and present such a pleasing variety as cannot be met with in any other part of the kingdom. From the many elevated points in the neighbouring Country, and from the London road, the castlft strikes the observer with all its majestic...
Seite 26 - JAMES'S is an ancient structure ; but whether of Saxon or Norman origin, cannot be determined. It is a rectory, in the gift of the archbishop...
Seite 24 - ... were enabled, in 1550, to remove the chapels, shrines, and stalls in the choir, and beautify the interior of the edifice.

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