 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...  A History of British Birds - Sivu 93tekijä(t) Thomas Bewick - 1826Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 sivua
...steep: Hark ! do you hear the sea ? * * * • * 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 mid- way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 sivua
...garments. Glo. Methinks you are better spokeu. 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 chough's*, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles: half-way down Hangs one that... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1822 - 446 sivua
...dainty sought after with extreme danger, we have only to extract a few lines from our immortal bard, " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 sivua
...Shakspeare observes Lord Kames' « rule" though he had never read his « Elements of Criticism." - How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low,...wing the midway air Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Metninks he seems no bigger than his... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 sivua
...but as actually present to the speaker. Come on, sir, here's the place— stand still. How dreadful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway airr Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade... | |
 | George Roberts - 1823 - 442 sivua
...this spot : There is a cliff whose high and bended head Looks fearfully on the confined deep ;— How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and...choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross ns beetles. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 sivua
...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...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 !... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 sivua
...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...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 !... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 sivua
...growing giddy must have a good head, or a very bad " 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 air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade !... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 410 sivua
...growing 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? 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 !... | |
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