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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... "
Du Laocoon, ou, Des limites respectives de la poésie et de la peinture: tr ... - Page 315
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...the building fall, And leave no memory of what it was ! 2 — v. 4. 89 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;*...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 3

William Hone - 1838 - 890 pages
...little words ! ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFF. For the Table Book. Stand itill. 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...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...the building fall, And leave no memory of what it was ! 2 — v. 4. 89 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 :|[...
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Travels in Europe, Viz., in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy ...

Wilbur Fisk - 1839 - 742 pages
...oa of the view :. — " 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 : halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful...
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The church scholar's reading-book, selected from the Saturday magazine

Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...island, and supposed to be the loftiest precipitous face of rock in Britain. How fearful And dizzy 'titt, to cast one's eyes so low! The Crows and Choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so grosx as beetles; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful...
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The Cambrian traveller's guide, and pocket companion [by G. Nicholson].

George Nicholson - 1840 - 692 pages
...cliffs, is strikingly described by the magic pen of Shakspeare : — " How fearful And dizzy Ч is 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 who gathers samphire ; dreadful...
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Elements of Mental Philosophy Enbracing the Two Departments of the ..., Volume 2

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 pages
...is a sublimity in the depths beneath as well as in the heights above. " 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...
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The visitor's guide to the watering places

Visitor - 1841 - 278 pages
...the confined deep. — 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 large as beetles : halfway down Hangs one who gathers samphire ; dreadful...
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The Christian magazine

1841 - 686 pages
...S.) CHAl'TER XII. (Jome 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 llanos one that gathers samphire; dreadful...
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain

William Finden, Edward Francis Finden, William Beattie, William Henry Bartlett - 1842 - 338 pages
...***** EagoLr. — 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 : halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful...
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