 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 604 pages
...enthusiasm of its owner, an enthusiasm in which all present participate, recites aloud the passage — " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half-way down — but hero tlio train rushes into the very bowels of the cliff, and the voice is... | |
 | G. F. Sargent, William Shakespeare - 1846 - 292 pages
...LEAR. ACT IV. SCENE VI. SlIAktSl'EAKE CLIFF, DoVEH. Edyar. Here '» the place ! stand still.—How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low...beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadfid trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1847 - 378 pages
...maritum, suspended over the cliffs by a rope, Shakspere might well describe as a fearful trade ! " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down, Hangs one who gathers samphire. Dreadful trade ! " The many accidents which have occurred in this bay have induced... | |
 | 1847 - 582 pages
...— " Come on. sir, here's the place : — Stand still; how fearful And dizzy 'us to cast one's eye so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Metliiuks, he seems no bigger than his head ; The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - 1847 - 278 pages
...Edgar describe to Gloster the fearful height on which they seem to stand, viz. : How dizzy and fearful 'tis to cast one's eyes so low, The crows and choughs,...wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. * * * * The fishermen mat walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; — and yon tall anchoring bark Almost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...foregoing hemistich. The quartos read, as one line:— " Horrible steep: hark, do you hear the sea ? " And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows,...beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; 1 dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1850 - 736 pages
...less than the reality. Beautifully and accurately is this effect depicted by the great dramatist: — "How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade 1 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice;... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 pages
...lines on this subject, and which, indeed, well describe the scene from the summit of the cliff:— " How fearful, And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 532 pages
...hark, do you hear the sea ? " 3 Edgar alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a malignant And dizzy ^tis, to cast one's eyes so low.! The crows,...beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; 1 dreadful trade !. Methinks lie seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 602 pages
...do you hear the sea ? " s Edgar alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a malignant spirit. And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows,...beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; t dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
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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: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the... 
