 | 1834 - 804 páginas
...lines from Shakspeare allude to, and mark the sublime heights of the sea cliffs at this place : — " How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wind the midway air, Shews scarce so gross as beetles : Half-way down Hangs one that... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1832 - 622 páginas
...Cliff*, without feeling that there is a sublimity in the depths beneath, as well as in the height? 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 "Hanga one, that... | |
 | J. Cherpilloud - 1833 - 272 páginas
...de langue à tes pensées, DESCRIPTION OF DOVER CLIFF. 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 Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | Zachariah Allen - 1833 - 440 páginas
...confined deep. Bring me to the very brim of it ; — 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, Hhow scarce so gross as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | Baker Peter Smith - 1834 - 172 páginas
...arm ; Poor Tom shall lead thee. SCENE 6. Edgar. 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, Shew scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | 1834 - 532 páginas
...neighbourhood of the Cliff. He then exclaims, " Come on, Sir, here's the place : — Stand still j how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that win? the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | 1834 - 324 páginas
...Briton For ever from our shore. THE MAIN TRUCK, OR A LEAP FOR LIFE. BY WILLIAM LEGGETT. "Standstill! How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low!" "The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes. Cannot be heard so high :— I'll look... | |
 | 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 ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles The fishermen that walk upon the... | |
 | 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 low '. The Crows and Choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1835 - 736 páginas
...Town, the perils of the ascent were forgotten — well might I exclaim with the immortal bard — " How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her... | |
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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!... 
