 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 samphire; dreadful trade!...  The Tatler - Page 17by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 pages
...reading — No truly, not. Steevens. But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. —...fearful 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...reading — No truly, not. Stcevens. But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place: — stand still.—...fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low !5 The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 628 pages
...have related, still dwells so strongly upon me, that I can never read the description of Dover-Cliff, in Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, without a fresh...wing the midway air Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no lugger than his... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 530 pages
...still dwells so strongly upon me, that I can never read the description of Dover-Cliff in Shakespear's tragedy of King Lear, without a fresh sense of my...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.... | |
 | 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...and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The fishermen,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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 by bringing... | |
 | 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!...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... | |
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