 | 1838 - 358 pagine
...The exquisite description of Dover Cliff in Lear came across me, and I could not help exclaiming, " How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Seem scarce so gross as beetles ! Halfway down, Hangs one... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pagine
...Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! , . Methinks he seems no bigger than his head ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anch'ring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 pagine
...delight round the whole circumference of the horizon. On approaching the verge of the mountain — " How fearful " And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...beach " Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark " Diminished to her cock. * * '' * * * " The murmuring surge, " That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pagine
...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 low ! The crows, and choughs,8 that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pagine
...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 low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 pagine
...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... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pagine
...with the spectacles of Shakespeare at the shipping in the bay, which appeared like small boats : < The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her ceck, a buoy Almost too small for sight.' The Cape of Good Hope had been... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pagine
...garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place : — standstill. — 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pagine
...garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place : — standstill. — 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... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1806 - 412 pagine
...delight round the whole circumference of the horizon. On approaching the verge of the mountain — " How fearful '« And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes...beach " Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark " D1minish' d to her cock. # * * * * * " The murmuring surge " That on the unnumberM 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... 
