 | 1845 - 622 sivua
...enthusiasm of its owner, an enthusiasm in which all present participate, recites aloud the passage — « How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half-way down — hut here the train rushes into the very bowels of the cliff, and the voice is lost... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 sivua
...from this view of the subject— in consequence of the check which conscience gives. DOVER CLIFFS.1 How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire2 — dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
 | G. F. Sargent, William Shakespeare - 1846 - 292 sivua
...LEAR. ACT IV. SCENE VI. SlIAktSl'EAKE CLIFF, DoVEH. Edyar. Here '» the place ! stand still.—How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low...beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadfid trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1847 - 378 sivua
...maritum, suspended over the cliffs by a rope, Shakspere might well describe as a fearful trade ! " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down, Hangs one who gathers samphire. Dreadful trade ! " The many accidents which have occurred in this bay have induced... | |
 | 1847 - 582 sivua
...— " Come on. sir, here's the place : — Stand still; how fearful And dizzy 'us to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Metliiuks, he seems no bigger than his head ; The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1847 - 278 sivua
...Edgar describe to Gloster the fearful height on which they seem to stand, viz. : How dizzy and fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low, The crows and choughs,...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. * * * * The fishermen mat walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; — and yon tall anchoring bark Almost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 sivua
...foregoing hemistich. The quartos read, as one line:— " Horrible steep: hark, do you hear the sea ? " And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows,...beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; 1 dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1850 - 736 sivua
...less than the reality. Beautifully and accurately is this effect depicted by the great dramatist: — "How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade 1 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice;... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 sivua
...lines on this subject, and which, indeed, well describe the scene from the summit of the cliff:— " How fearful, And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 602 sivua
...do you hear the sea ? " s Edgar alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a malignant spirit. And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows,...beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; t dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
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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: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! 
