 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - Highlands (Scotland) - 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...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...his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, [2] Nile means in this place not a letter, but a remark. JOHNSON. [J] You may infer more than I have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...garments. 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...Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs oue that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...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-!...and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...dizzy 'tis to cast one's 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...beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark R2 Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat ! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That... | |
 | 1817 - 708 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...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down VOL. I. Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English literature - 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... | |
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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... 
