 | Samuel Clark - 1857 - 308 pages
...deep ; How dizzy 'tis to cast one•s eye so low— The crows and choughs that wiz the midway air Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one...fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice. The murmuring surge That on the unnumbered pebbles idly breaks, Cannot be heard so high. " This description... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - Marine animals - 1858 - 588 pages
...the Isle of Man. And now, with steady courage scan the depth beneath : — " Come on, sir ; here 's the place : — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animal behavior - 1859 - 720 pages
...similar scene near the coast of Dover is thus graphically described by Shakspeare : THE ARCTIC PUFFIN. -How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminished to her cock ; her cock a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
 | Matthew Boyd Hope - Rhetoric - 1859 - 314 pages
...description of the effects of the dizzy height of the cliff, upon the objects on its face, and at its foot, " How fearful, ' And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes...head : ' The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, 1 Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, ' Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy ' Almost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...ihovlt. b — oriliadi,— ] See note {•). p. 644, Vol. t. GLO. Methinks you're better spoken. EDO. 1 the unnumber'd idle pebbles t chafes, Cannot be heard so high. — I '11 look no more, Lest my brain... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 838 pages
...tliould. b — ceiliads,— ] See note (»), p. 6W, Vol. I. GLO. Methmks you're better spoken. EDO. T T T D s Diminish 'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | Peter Bayne - Authors, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...whisper; but the closeness of detail is sufficient for illustration. " How fearful And dizzy 't is, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs,...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...were in her eyes ; which parted thence, As pearls from diamonds dropp'd. Description of Dover Cliff. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; * her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - Andronicus, Titus (Legendary character) - 1861 - 524 pages
...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...Appear like mice ; and yond' tall anchoring bark, Diminieh'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 578 pages
...still. — How fearful * His life made dark as night. + Glances, t Observe what I am saying. § Infer. And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows,...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, • Diminish'd to her cock ;* her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight... | |
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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!... 
