| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...in Howe, compared with these three little •words ? CL And diziy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low I 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... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...For the Table Book. • Stand stilL How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low I The crow« and choughs, that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade 1 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - Natural history - 1828 - 256 pages
...subject, than some lines I read a few days ago, written by Shakspeare. -How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs,...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...hetter 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 ao gross as heetles: Halfway down Hangsonet hat gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems... | |
| W. Davidson - Lanark (Scotland) - 1828 - 244 pages
...then unknown. GUIDE TO THE SCENERY. GUIDE TO THE SCENERY. •*• CHAPTER IX. JFM. ' How fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles." 8HAK8FEARE. THE more delightful part of our task is before us: and,... | |
| 1828 - 298 pages
...There is a cliff, whose high and bending head1 Looks fearfully on the confined deep. — How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, Seem scarce so gross as beetles* Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade I Mi-thinks... | |
| Provincial Scotsman - Brussels (Belgium) - 1829 - 300 pages
...following picture :— " Come on, Sir: here') the place:—stand still:—l,mv fearful And dizzy 'tin, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs...the mid-way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Mcthinks he seems no bigger than his... | |
| English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...head, or a very bid one. Come on, sir, here's the place : stand still f how fearful And dizzy .'Its In cast one's eyes so low? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gruss as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire— Dreadful trade .' Mcthinks he... | |
| William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...:— Stand still. —How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cost 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 one that gathers samphire;9 dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen,... | |
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