 | John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 476 pages
...of Albion ; or even those of Dover. The height of the famed cliff alluded to by Shakspeare, is here equalled by a long extended range of perpendicular...awful occupation of the bold gatherer of samphire, is here combined with the taking of the eggs, and destroying the birds that nestle in the crevices... | |
 | John Alonzo Clark - Europe - 1840 - 588 pages
...of Albion ; or even those of Dover. The height of the famed cliff alluded to by Shakspeare, is here equalled by a long extended range of perpendicular...awful occupation of the bold gatherer of samphire, is here combined with the taking of the eggs, and destroying the birds that nestle in the crevices... | |
 | Thomas Brettell - Isle of Wight (England) - 1844 - 220 pages
...the sea. The height of the famed cliff alluded to by Shakspeare, is here equalled by a longextended range of perpendicular precipices : and the awful occupation of the bold gatherer of samphire is here combined with the taking of tlie eggs and destroying the birds that nestle in the crevices... | |
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... scenery here, contrasts finely with the highly cultivated portion of the island to the eastward. The Freshwater Cliffs, for their immense height and chalky appearance, may rival any of the white cliffs of Albion ; or even those of Dover. The height... 