 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...  Memoirs of mr. John Edwards Trezise - Page 7by Richard Treffry - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766 - 534 pages
...тШ*! 25 — Come on, Sir, Here's the place; stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast ones eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down 30 Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade!... | |
 | 1838 - 358 pages
...The exquisite description of Dover Cliff in Lear came across me, and I could not help exclaiming, " How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Seem scarce so gross as beetles ! Halfway down, Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...here's the place : —stand still.— "•How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! 1'he 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... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...on, sir, here's the place — stand still. How dreadful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low I 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... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802 - 410 pages
...Voici la cime ; ne bougez pas. Q quelle terreur ! cornnre la tête tourne en plongeant And dizzy 'lis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing thé midway air Shew scarce so gross as be«tles. Half way down Hangs one that gatliers samphire ;... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 pages
...delight round the whole circumference of the horizon. On approaching the verge of the mountain — " How fearful " And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! #**•»# " The fishermen that walk upon the beach " Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark " Diminished to... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802 - 410 pages
...Voici la cime ; ne bougez pas. O quelle terreur ! comme la tête tourne en plongeant And dizey 'lis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing thé midway air Sliew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gàthers samphire ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 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 low ! The crows, and choughs,8 that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 pages
...growing giddy must have a good head, or a very bad one. Come on, Sir, here's the place ; stand still ! how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he... | |
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