Precipices

Horace Walpole, whose 1764 "Castle of Otranto" initiated the craze for the Gothic novel in England, wrote of the scenery on his 1739 Alpine tour: "Precipices, mountains, wolves, torrents, rumblings — Salvator Rosa."

Return to the Grim and Dark Willard Spiegelman 2011

Precipices there were in plenty along the road, skirted with ice to their verge.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

"Huh! Precipices and snow leopards-old priests and secret temples-bitter cold mountain heights and faceless night-gaunts ... what in the names of all the gods are we in this for, David?"

Hero Of Dreams Lumley, Brian 1986

Serpents, and Beasts of Prey, as well as Thorns and Briars, Precipices of Rocks over his him, a Gulph yawning beneath, and the Sword of Damocles [over] his Head.

John Adams diary 19, 16 December 1772 - 18 December 1773 1961

The rushing Torrent, the purling Stream, the gurgling Rivulet, the dark Thickett, the rugged Ledges and Precipices, are all old Acquaintances of mine.

John Adams diary 17, 16 April - 14 June 1771 1961

We passed between two Rows of Mountains consisting wholly of Rocks, the most lofty and craggy Precipices, I ever saw.

John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

We passed between two Rows of Mountains consisting wholly of Rocks, the most lofty, and craggy Precipices that I ever saw.

John Adams diary 31, 7 January - 5 February, 27 July - 6 August 1780 1961

Precipices, Vertigoes, falling on ragged Cliffs, Men of hot enthusiastical Turn of Mind, & C. Page 8

John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961

"Then they passed -- to a far land they had chosen where the Shining One could not go, beyond the Black Precipices of Doul, a green land --"

The Moon Pool 1919

Precipices hemmed us in on every side; and here and there a huge fragment of rock, standing like

Werwolves Elliott O'Donnell 1918