146 



SHAKSPEARE S CLIFF. 



which I would not willingly have omitted. Such, 

 at least, has been the case in my former letters, 

 even with respect to passages penned by Shakspeare 

 himself. Thus, in speaking of beetles, a line was 

 overlooked, with which I have been familiar, "even 

 from my boyish days," and which gives a most forci- 

 ble idea of the dizzy altitude of Dover cliflf : — 



" The crows and chougrhs that wing- the midway air, 

 Show scarce so gross as beetles." — Lear, Act IV. Sc. VI. 



Should you take the trouble of directing my notice 

 to similar omissions, I shall heartily rejoice, as it will 

 afford the best proof of your interest being now 

 awakened. 



