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" 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. "
Views of ports and harbours [etc.] engr. by W. and E. Finden [ed. by W.A ... - Page 153
by William Finden - 1838 - 40 pages
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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...much deceived : in nothing um I changed But in my garments. Glo. Methinks you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. —...! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down ! lаngs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade...
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The Cambrian Mirror, Or, North Wales Tourist: Comprehending the History and ...

Edward Parry - 1843 - 252 pages
...nutrition, suspended over the cliffs in rope, Shakespeare might well describe as a fearful rade! " 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 who gathers samphire. Dreadful trade !" The...
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The Works of Shakespere, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 pages
...better spoken. EJg. Come on, sir ; here 'a the place : — stand still.— How fearful And dizzy 't is 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 ! Methinks...
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The Ladies' Companion, Volumes 3-4

1835 - 638 pages
...nothing certain iut uncertainty ;' and I to repeat after them — ' What lolknow?' THE PRECIPICE. " Here's the place : — stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low." — SHARSPEARE. THE inhahitant of a level country can form no idea of the influence which mountams...
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Wild Sports in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Volume 1

Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier - 1844 - 356 pages
...co'uld not help taking another peep at the fearful precipices below us, and thought with Edgar : — " How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and hawks that wing the midway air Shew scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers...
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New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakespeare, Volume 2

Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pages
...: Full oft 'tis seen Our meanness succours us ; and our mere defects Prove our commodities. IV. 6. EDGAR. Come on, sir, here's the place : — stand...fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low, &c. The incident of the cliff is so extravagantly improbable that there is no defending it, and we...
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New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakespeare, Volume 2

Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 428 pages
...oft 'tis seen Oar meanness succours us ; and our mere defects Prove our commodities. IV. 6. EDOAB. Come on, sir, here's the place : — stand still....fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low, &c. The incident of the cliff is so extravagantly improbable that there is no defending it, and we...
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The Emigrant: A Tale of Australia

W. H. Leigh - 1847 - 244 pages
...serves — you are now 4,000 feet above them, and well may we exclaim with the immortal William— ' 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 Diminish'd to her...
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The Gallery of Nature: A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation

Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...down from its edge into the chasm inspires a feeling answering to the words of Shakspeare : — *' Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand still....fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! " Few have resolution enough to walk to the parapet, in order to peep over it. But if the view from...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1848 - 556 pages
...delight round the whole circumference of the horizon. On appoaching 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, Diminish'd to her...
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