 | Lady - Children - 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...and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - American literature - 1824 - 264 pages
...mind 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...garments. Glo. Mcthinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; hereVthe place :— Stand still. —How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 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...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire f ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...— Standstill. — How fearful And diny 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs,8 that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as...samphire ;' dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bister than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 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
...alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a malignant spirit. Hangs one that gathers samphire4; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock b ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...Glo. 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...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 Shakespeare - 1826 - 576 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...wing the midway 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... | |
 | Caesar Otway - Ireland - 1827 - 462 pages
...him on this 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...and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge That on unnumbered idle pebbles chafes,... | |
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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... 
