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!... The Tatler - Page 17by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
| Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...the ground is even. Ed(j. • • Horribly steep: Hark ! do you hear the sea ? * * * • * Edg. — Come on, Sir ; here's the place : stand still ! How...eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the mid- way air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...much deceived ; in nothing am I changed, But in my garments. Glo. Methinks you are better spokeu. Edg. Come on, Sir ; here's the place :— Stand still....dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and chough's*, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles: half-way down Hangs one that... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 510 pages
...deceiv'd ; in nothing am I chang'd, But in my garments. GLo. Methinks, you are better spoken. EDG. Come on, sir ; here's the place: — stand still....fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low 2 ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down... | |
| Scotland. [Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.] - Scotland - 1821 - 378 pages
...imagination, when describing the cliffs of Dover : " How fearful And dizzy 'ti» to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as nettles." SHAKESPEARE. The attraction of Ben Lomond, and its great altitude, environ it... | |
| Henry Phillips - Botany, Economic - 1822 - 446 pages
...dainty sought after with extreme danger, we have only to extract a few lines from our immortal bard, " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade !... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 584 pages
...Shakspeare observes Lord Kames' « rule" though he had never read his « Elements of Criticism." - How 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 that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Metninks... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1822 - 404 pages
...but as actually present to the speaker. Come on, sir, here's the place— stand still. How dreadful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway airr Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 414 pages
...proper incidents, that whoever can read it without growing giddy must have a good head, or a verybad one. " Come on, Sir, here's the place : stand still...wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...deceiv'd ; in nothing am-I chang'd. But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place :—stand still.—...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...much deceiv'd; in nothing am I chang'd, But in my garments. Glo. Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place ; — stand still....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... | |
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