 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...Translation, f. 146, b. &c. 3 This comparison may be illustrated by the following in King Lear:— ' the crows and choughs that wing the midway air Seem scarce so gross as beetles.' 4 The diminution of space is the diminution of which space is the cause. 5 Opportunity. Imo. I did... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...whose high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confused deep — How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methiuks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice... | |
 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - Europe - 1827 - 550 pages
...high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confused deep — How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eye ?o low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air...down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade ! Mclhinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that wnlk upon the beach Appear like mice... | |
 | Caesar Otway - Ireland - 1827 - 462 pages
...him on this mighty promontory, until he had made up in his mind's eye the whole magnificent scene. 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 !... | |
 | Caesar Otway - 1827 - 438 pages
...him on this mighty promontory, until he had made up in his mind's eye the whole magnificent scene. 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 !... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...compared with these three little words Î CL ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFF. For the Table Book. - 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 so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade Г... | |
 | 1828 - 298 pages
...Shakespeare. " There is a cliff, whose high and bending head1 Looks fearfully on the confined deep. — How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and...the mid-way air, Seem scarce so gross as beetles* Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade I Mi-thinks he seems no bigger than his... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Natural history - 1828 - 256 pages
...more applicable to the present subject, than some lines I read a few days ago, written by Shakspeare. -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: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade! Methinks... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...garments. Glo. Methinks, yon are hetter spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place;— stand still.— How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce ao gross as heetles: Halfway down Hangsonet hat gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks,... | |
 | W. Davidson - Lanark (Scotland) - 1828 - 244 pages
...were then unknown. GUIDE TO THE SCENERY. GUIDE TO THE SCENERY. •*• CHAPTER IX. JFM. ' How fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles." 8HAK8FEARE. THE more delightful part of our task is before us: and,... | |
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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... 
