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... Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-side - Página 9de Anne Pratt - 1850 - 345 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Edward Stanley - 1835 - 334 páginas
...most elevated hill in the island, and supposed to be the loftiest precipitous face of rock in Britain. 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... | |
| 1835 - 272 páginas
...and here, if any where, we may easily realize that expressive description of our great poet. . . . ' How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...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... | |
| William Hone - 1835 - 924 páginas
...but forgive me !" of the dying wife of Shore in Ilowe, compared with these three little words ? CL And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows...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... | |
| 1835 - 284 páginas
...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... | |
| 1836 - 282 páginas
...most elevated hill in the island, and supposed to be the loftiest precipitous face of rock in Britain. 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 ! Mcthinks lie seems no bigger than... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 páginas
...do you hear the sea ? " 3 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,...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 páginas
...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... | |
| William Hone - 1837 - 922 páginas
...compared with these three little words ? CL ST. MARGARETS AT CLIFF, For the Table Book: Stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...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... | |
| John Henry Brady - 1837 - 202 páginas
...bending head Looks fearfully on the confined deep — Come on, Sir ; here's the place : -stand still. 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 looks no bigger than... | |
| Richard Treffry - 1837 - 236 páginas
...lively description will be perused with interest:— " We arrive at the Crown Engine of BOTALLACK:— ' How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low!...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... | |
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