| 1817 - 482 pages
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...the mid-way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his... | |
| 1817 - 708 pages
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down VOL. I. Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetle«. Halfway down Hangs one that gather: samphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...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...and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade! Methinks he... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 512 pages
...sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low 2 ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air,...way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade8! 1 — thy voice is alter'd ; &c.] Edgar alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...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?...and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...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...and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...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!...and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire—Dreadful trade'. Methinks he seems... | |
| 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,... | |
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