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" And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast, and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and... "
The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays ... - Page 530
by Alfred (King of England) - 1858
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, such was the procera ; And of the cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders. These things to hear, Would Desdemona seriously incline : But still the...
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Lights & Shadows of American Life, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1832 - 362 pages
...not seen. He was never weary of hearing them dilate upon Antres vast, and deserts idle, And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders." For such tales would he exchange his time and coin; and he had long...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 8; Volume 13

1833 - 424 pages
...in that perilous place, he abuses our credulity with traveller's fictions, and tells us tales of " Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders ! " But his statements are not without corroboration. Colquhoun's " Police...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 13

John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Jenks - 1833 - 422 pages
...in that perilous place, he abuses our credulity with traveller's fictions, and tells us tales of " Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders!" But his statements are not without corroboration. Colquhoun's "Police...
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Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany ..., Volume 7

John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 682 pages
...flesh ? or that there were such men, Whose heads stood in their hearts." Tempest, act 3. sc. 3. " The cannibals that each other eat, The anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders." Othello, act 1. sc. 3. I now proceed with a more regular distribution...
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Salmagundi: Second series

James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 570 pages
...rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, such was the process ; And of the cannibals that each other eat, The anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders," &c. &c. " All this to hear would Desdemona seriously incline ; She swore...
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Salmagundi: Second Series, Volume 1

James Kirke Paulding - 1835 - 272 pages
...rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, such was the process ; And of the cannibals that each other eat, The anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders," &c. &c. " All this to hear would Desdemona seriously incline ; She swore...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 22

1836 - 650 pages
...antrcs vast and deserts idle. Rough quarries, rocks and hills whose heads touch heav'n. And of the Cannibals that each other eat. The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders. Neither is it necessary even in this utilitarian and matter-of-fact generation,...
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Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle: To which is ..., Volume 1

1836 - 480 pages
...¡erils. He can talk too of — Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touched heav'n — And of the cannibals that each other eat. The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders. A good lie, to do him justiee, is no abour to him; but, on the other...
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Tales of the wars; or, Naval and military chronicle

1836 - 884 pages
...perils. He can talk too of — Rouph quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touched heav'n— And of the cannibals that each other eat. The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders. A good lie, to do him justice, is no labour to him ; but, on the other...
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