| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1766 - 534 pages
...тШ*! 25 — 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 gross as beetles. Half way down 30 Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
| 1838 - 358 pages
...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 that gathers samphire — dreadful trade... | |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802 - 410 pages
...Voici la cime ; ne bougez pas. Q quelle terreur ! cornnre la tête tourne en plongeant And dizzy 'lis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing thé midway air Shew scarce so gross as be«tles. Half way down Hangs one that gatliers samphire ;... | |
| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Aesthetics - 1802 - 410 pages
...Voici la cime ; ne bougez pas. O quelle terreur ! comme la tête tourne en plongeant And dizey 'lis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing thé midway air Sliew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gàthers samphire ;... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...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 one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...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 !... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...one. • '. Come on, Sir, here's the place. Standstill! How fearful . - - And dizzy 'tis to cast ones eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Shew scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...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 one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...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 one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks,... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...W/DOVER CLIFF. (SHAKESPEARE ) COME on, Sir, here's the place — stand still. How fcarfol And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs,...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 his... | |
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