 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - Great Britain - 1809 - 166 pages
...in the dusk. To look down from an elevated station is too apt to turn weak heads giddy : — » • How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and chonghs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 pages
...And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low !s The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade !9 Methinks, he seems no bigger than his hSad : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, ' — —... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 pages
...grey in the dusk. To look down from an elevated station is too apt to turn weak heads giddy : — • How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and chonghs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 424 pages
...garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand stilll — How fearful And" dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down, Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade !... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 628 pages
...growing giddy, must have a good head, or a very bad one. Come on, Sir, here's the place. Stand still ! How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - Highlands (Scotland) - 1811 - 402 pages
...approaching it, we were instantly reminded of SHAKSPEARE'S striking description of the cliffs of Dover; How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. * This theory of the formation of springs and rivers may be illustrated... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 94 pages
...alter'd, But my garments. Gldst. Methinks, you're better spoken. Eds;. Come on, sir, here's the place. How fearful And dizzy tis, to cast one's eyes so low...! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...I Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place;—stand still. ^r-How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles; Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...very bad one.* Come on, sir, here's the place. Stand still ! how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast ones eyes so low ? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire. Dreadful trade ! Methinks... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...perseverance. A sight of this perilous employ will remind the beholder of that fine description, " How fearful " And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, " Shew scarce so gross as beetles . Half vtiy down • Hangs one who gainers samphire ; drcndiul trade.'"... | |
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tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon... 
