 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1832 - 832 pages
...nerve, and I exclaimed with Shakspeare — " How fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, ami choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. . . . The murm'ring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look... | |
 | 1835 - 272 pages
...that expressive description of our great poet. . . . ' 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 The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her... | |
 | 1835 - 284 pages
...realize that expressive description of our great poet. . . 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 The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pages
...wife of Shore in Ilowe, compared with these three little words ? CL 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 I Mi-thinks he seems no bigger than... | |
 | Edward Stanley - 1835 - 334 pages
...be the loftiest precipitous face of rock in Britain. 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 he seems no bigger than... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...be the loftiest precipitous face of rock in Britain. 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 ! Mcthinks lie seems no bigger than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a malignant spirit 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 ; l dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than... | |
 | Clarkson Stanfield - 1836 - 304 pages
...no bad counterpart of Shakspeare's famous cliff, and realizes the description of the place where • crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles." Troops of mules may at times be seen descending the heights, laden with coals for the supply of the... | |
 | Richard Treffry - 1837 - 236 pages
...interest:— " We arrive at the Crown Engine of BOTALLACK:— ' How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the mid-way air Show scarce so gross as beetles. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." This is undoubtedly... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 pages
...the depths beneath, as well as in the heights above. "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 he seems no bigger than... | |
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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, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon... 
