 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...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Pagina 2081820Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1831 - 590 pagina’s
...this plant that Shakspeare alludes, in his description of Dover cliff. -How fearful And dizzy '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 !... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1831 - 544 pagina’s
...sublimity in the depths beneath, as well as in the heights above. -" How fearful ' And di///y '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!... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pagina’s
...Gloster, says : " Come on, Sir, here's the place ; stand still ; how fearful, And dizzy 'tis, to cast ones eyes so low !— The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air Shew scarce so big as beetles : Half-way down, Hangs one, that gathers Samphire ; —(Act 4, Scene 6 .) The difference... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 328 pagina’s
...mixed with the pain : witness Shakspeare's description of Dover clifis : -How fearful And dizzy '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... | |
 | Edwin Lankester - 1832 - 416 pagina’s
...in the time of Shakspeare it was a profitable occupation to gather it. " How fearful And dizzy '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 !... | |
 | Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - 1832 - 640 pagina’s
...suspended in the air, they fearlessly proceed in their operations. — " How fearful And dizzy 'tis to east 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 !... | |
 | J. Cherpilloud - 1833 - 272 pagina’s
...DESCRIPTION OF DOVER CLIFF. 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 Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade Methinks, he seems... | |
 | Zachariah Allen - 1833 - 440 pagina’s
...very brim of it ; — 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, Hhow scarce so gross as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade ! Methinks,... | |
 | Baker Peter Smith - 1834 - 172 pagina’s
...thee. SCENE 6. Edgar. 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, Shew scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful trade ! Methinks, he... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pagina’s
...!" of the dying wife of Shore in Ilowe, compared with these three little words ? CL And dizzy '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 I... | |
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