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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... "
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... - Page 449
1838
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better 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 so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks,...
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England & Wales delineated, by T. Dugdale, assisted by W. Burnett ...

Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 412 pages
...the sublime poetic effusion of our immortal bard : — " How fearful " And dizzy 'tis, to cast ones eyes so low, " The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, " Shew scarce as gross as beetles. " I'll look no more, " Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight,...
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Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester

Natural history - 1831 - 590 pages
...precipitous rocks. It is to this plant that Shakspeare alludes, in his description of Dover cliff. -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 !...
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Cosmos, Volume 10

Geography - 1905 - 442 pages
...gathering is still quite a lucrative industry, as it apparently was in Shakespeare's time : " .... 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!"...
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Shakespeare's Dramatic Transactions

Michael E. Mooney - Drama - 1990 - 260 pages
...audience's— "deficient sight" (23) can only visualize: 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 so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade! Methinks...
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The Two Admirals: A Tale

James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction - 1990 - 566 pages
...only in the imagination of his credulous uncle. Chapter II — "How fearful And dizzy 't is, to case 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!" King...
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Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes, and Values

Yi-fu Tuan - Nature - 1990 - 284 pages
...Dover. He describes the awesome view before them thus: Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her...
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The Poetics of Primitive Accumulation: English Renaissance Culture and the ...

Richard Halpern - Capitalism and literature - 1991 - 340 pages
...of global emblem or figure for the play's axis of loss: Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and coughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles; half way down Hangs one that gathers...
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Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century

Robert L. Benson, Giles Constable, Carol Dana Lanham, Charles Homer Haskins - Social Science - 1991 - 1434 pages
...other senses grow imperfect By your eyes' anguish. . . . Come on, sir; here's the place. Stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The illusion of the third dimension is discussed at length in EH Gombrich's Art and Illusion. Far from...
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The Tragedy of King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 340 pages
...And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low. The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scaree so gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice,...
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