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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... "
The Travels of a Sugar Planter: Or, Six Months in Europe - Page 65
by Henry Watkins Allen - 1861 - 249 pages
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 3

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 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 seems...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...growing giddy must have a good head, or a very bad " 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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Elements of Criticism, Volume 1

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823 - 418 pages
...we feel a sort of pleasure mixed with the pain, witness Shakspeare's description of Dover cliffs : 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...
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The History of Lyme-Regis, Dorset, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day

George Roberts - 1823 - 442 pages
...this spot : There is a cliff 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...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 490 pages
...garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place: — Stand -fill. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and (houghs,i that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and you tall...
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The Plays, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 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...beetles : Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire f ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...garments. Glo. Mcthinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; hereVthe place :— Stand still. —How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ;9 dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...
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Miscellanies Selected from the Public Journals, Volume 2

Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pages
...mind Shakspeare's unrivalled description of the cliffs of Dover. " 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 Mcthinks he looks no bigger than his...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 6

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 444 pages
...alter'd But my garments. Glost. Methinks you're better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir, here's the place. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down ; Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The fishermen,...
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