 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!...  Model English: The qualities of style. 1919 - Page 88de Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1919Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1817 - 482 pages
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...the mid-way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his... | |
 | 1817 - 694 pages
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetle«. Halfway down Hangs one that gather: samphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger... | |
 | J. H. Hanshall - 1817 - 756 pages
...'tis, to cast one'« eyes so low ! The crows and choughs,^ that wing the midway sir, Shew scarce as gross as beetles. Half way. down Hangs one that gathers...trade I Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. * * * * I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. The view... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 346 pages
...am I chang'd, But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here 's the place : — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy...Hangs one that gathers samphire ' ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like... | |
 | John Evans - 1818 - 564 pages
...— How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so loir ! The crows and coughs that wing the midway air, Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful trade ! Melhinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice,... | |
 | John Gamble - 1819 - 748 pages
...cliff whose high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confined deep. How dizzy 'tis to cast ones eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the...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... | |
 | 1819 - 274 pages
...imagination, when descrihing the i cliffs of Dover : " How Tearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as heetles." \ ' SHAKESPEARE. ' The attraction of Ben T.omond, ami its great altitnde, environ it almost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...Methinks, you aie better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand still.— How fiarfiil And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, thut wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : halfway down, Hangs one thatgatherssamphire;... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 424 pages
...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 brows and 6houghs, that wing the midway-air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one... | |
 | 1820 - 748 pages
...downward downward brings to mind the words of our immortal Shakspeare, " How fearful And dizzy 'lis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Shew scarce as gross as beetles. — I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight... | |
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