 | 1820 - 748 pages
...downward downward brings to mind the words of our immortal Shakspeare, " How fearful And dizzy 'lis, to cast one's 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... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...steep: Hark ! do you hear the sea ? * * * • * Edg. — 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 mid- way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.] - 1821 - 378 pages
...imagination, when describing the cliffs of Dover : " How fearful And dizzy 'ti» to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as nettles." SHAKESPEARE. The attraction of Ben Lomond, and its great altitude, environ it almost every... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 512 pages
...sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low 2 ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade8! 1 — thy voice is alter'd ; &c.]... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...garments. Glo. Methinks you are better spokeu. Edg. Come on, Sir ; here's the place :— Stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and chough's*, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles: half-way down Hangs one that... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1822 - 446 pages
...dainty sought after with extreme danger, we have only to extract a few lines from our immortal bard, " 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 way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade !... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 pages
...Shakspeare observes Lord Kames' « rule" though he had never read his « Elements of Criticism." - How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low, The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Metninks... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...but as actually present to the speaker. Come on, sir, here's the place— stand still. How dreadful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway airr Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 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...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... | |
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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... 
