With one auspicious and one dropping eye, SHAKESPEARE. VOL. I. London: Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. NEWMAN AND CO. LEADENHALL-STREET, COINCIDENCE. CHAPTER I. Say, ancient edifice-how long upon the hill has stood The generations of deciduous man, How often hast thou seen them pass away? HURDIS. TOWARDS the close of the last cen tury there stood upon a high hill, which immediately faces the Goodwin Sands, the remains of the ancient Castle of Kingsdown. It was a noble and an interesting fragment - interesting from the scenes of which it was a memorial, and noble from the lofty and venerable aspect which it reared above the land and waters. gave the title of baron VOL. I. It |