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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... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators - Page 120
by William Shakespeare - 1806
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Cymbeline

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 424 pages
...Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand stilll — How fearful And" dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low...Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark,. Dimiuish'd to her cock 5 her cock, a buoy- . Almost too small for sight : The murmuring swrgr, That...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with ..., Volume 2

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...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...mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge (That on the unnumber'd idle...
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Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the ..., Volume 1

Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 402 pages
...approaching it, we were instantly reminded of SHAKSPEARE'S striking description of the cliffs of Dover; How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. * This theory of the formation of springs and rivers may be illustrated by bringing a bottle filled...
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King Lear: A Tragedy : in Five Acts

William Shakespeare, Nahum Tate - 1811 - 94 pages
...alter'd, But my garments. Gldst. Methinks, you're better spoken. Eds;. Come on, sir, here's the place. How fearful And dizzy tis, to cast one's eyes so low !...choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The fishermen, that...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: With the ..., Volumes 1-2

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 628 pages
...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 !...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...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...sir ; here's the place :— Stand still — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low I The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air,...his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, _ £2] Nfte means in this place not a letter, but a remark. JOHNSON. [3] You may infer more than I...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 24

John Britton - 1812 - 1070 pages
...perseverance. A sight of this perilous employ will remind the beholder of that fine description, " 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 vtiy down • Hangs one who gainers samphire ; drcndiul trade.'"...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...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, that wing the midway jir, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade...
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Rural Sports

William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 820 pages
...frequently leads to the dreaded Disaster. SHAKESPEARE has finely portrayed this hazardous Employment. . "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 who gathers Samphire; dreadful Trade!" An...
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Discoveries in Hieroglyphics and Other Antiquities, Volume 2

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 pages
...garments. [chang'd, Glo. Sure you're better spoken. Edg. Come on, Sir, here's the place stand Still. HOIK 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. \ Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; (74:) dreadful trade...
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