Of most eyeful hoyth entowerly

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  • awful height entirely
  • eyeful: as much as the eye can take in; something worth looking at
  • highth: an archaic form of heightheight is still pronounced highth in parts of Ireland and hoyt in parts of Dublin
  • Howth: Howth Head near Dublin
  • Hoyte: Lord Mayor of Dublin
  • Eiffel Tower: FW was written in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world during most of its writing (until 1931)