 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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...beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | 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...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade Mcthinks he looks no bigger than his head : The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice... | |
 | Lady - 1824 - 136 pages
...; and have been mentioned by Shakspeare, in the following lines from his play of ' King Lear.' GO ' Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful...beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | 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,...beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ;9 dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1825 - 658 pages
...fearful ' - ^And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eves so low! The Crows and Choughs, that wing the mid.« way air, Show -scarce so gross as Beetles : half way down,...no bigger, than his head : The fishermen, that walk njjoii the beach, •. Appear like ruice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark. Diminish'*! to her cock ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...Methinks, you are better spoken. I'ilij. 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 : Half way down 1 This scene, and the stratagem by which Gloster is cured of his desperation, are wholly borrowed from... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 452 pages
...in Howe, compared with these three little •words ? CL And diziy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low I The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show...beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish M to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | 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...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methiuks he seems no bigger than his head ; The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 390 pages
...these three little words Î CL 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...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade Г Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1828 - 256 pages
...so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to a cock ; her cock a buoy, Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on the... | |
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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... 
