The cliff cannot be more than 400 feet high; and yet, 'how truly,' exclaims the historian of Dover, 'has Shakespeare described the precipice!' How much better would the historian have done, had he given us its actual elevation![86] [86] _Memoirs_, ii.

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_Of Affairs on the Continent_, 1828.
LETTER TO A NEPHEW.
Rydal Mount, Nov.27.

1828.
MY DEAR C----, It gives me much pleasure to learn that your residence in France has answered so well.

As I had recommended the step, I felt more especially anxious to be informed of the result.