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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 Oxford Shakespeare: The History of King Lear - Page 230
by William Shakespeare - 2001 - 336 pages
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Miscellanies Selected from the Public Journals, Volume 2

Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pages
...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 low ! The crows...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 Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...Mcthinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; hereVthe place :— Stand still. —How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows,...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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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 6

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 444 pages
...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 low ! The crows...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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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...to smile upon my state, Which, well thou know'st, is cross and full of sin. PRECIPICE. 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 ! Methinks,...
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Travels in the Central Portions of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising ...

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1825 - 510 pages
...our encampment appeared reduced to a diminutive size. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles." The soil which results from the gradual disintegration of this rock, is nearly a pure sand. On descending...
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Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus. Pericles. King Lear

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 576 pages
...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,...air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down 1 This scene, and the stratagem by which Gloster is cored of his desperation, are wholly borrowed from...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

1826 - 502 pages
...Mutliinks. you're belter spoken. Edff. Come on, sir; [Crowes to í.] here's the place. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The...
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A History of British Birds, Volume 1

Thomas Bewick - 1826 - 446 pages
...to eat raw or dressed meat, bread, and soft grain, but will not eat common worms. • " 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." THE MAGPIE. PIANET. (Corvus Pica, Linn. — La Pie, Buffi) LENGTH...
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Sketches in Ireland: descriptive of districts in the North and South [signed ...

Caesar Otway - 1827 - 438 pages
...mighty promontory, until he had made up in his mind's eye the whole magnificent scene. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methiuks he seems no bigger than...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - 1827 - 390 pages
...these three little words ΠCL ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFF. For the Table Book. - Stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade à Methinks he seems no bigger than...
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