| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 pages
...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
...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 ! Mi-thinks he seems no bigger than his head ! The fishermen that walk upon the heach Appear like mice... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...very bad " 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 as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 410 pages
...bad one. " 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 as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 pages
...•bad one. 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 as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire—Dreadful trade'. Methinks he seems no bigger than his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...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 midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he... | |
| John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...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 air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...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 midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he... | |
| George Roberts - 1823 - 442 pages
...dill- whose high and bended head Looks fearfully on the confined deep ;— How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. The murmuring surge, That on th* unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot... | |
| 1823 - 872 pages
...witness Shakespeare's description of Dover cliffs : -How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one^s eye eo 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... | |
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