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!... Crusoe, written by himself [by D. Defoe - Página 238por Daniel Defoe - 1815Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Wilson Bridges - 1814 - 326 páginas
...very image of desolation and chaos. where we looked down upon the valley 7600 feet below us ! " How dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low, " The crows...the midway air " Shew scarce so gross as beetles." Each of us, silent as the Greeks when they entered the temple of Jupiter, thought ourselves entering... | |
| William Bingley - 1814 - 572 páginas
...object which first struck one of my companions with terror, and he exclaimed, almost involuntarily : How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Shew acarce so gross as beetles. i . • • , We now stood on a point which commanded the whole dome of... | |
| John Lyon - 1814 - 428 páginas
...pencil, a description of the cliffs at this place, where he says, " Come on, Sir, here's the place ; how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...The crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 574 páginas
...Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place :— stand still. — How tearful 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 !... | |
| James Peller Malcolm - 1814 - 308 páginas
...elevated sea. At length the hour of harvest arrives, and the reaper trips lightly where Edgar exclaimed, " How fearful and dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice — " unconscious of those fears which agitate... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 páginas
...can read it without growing giddy must have a good head, or a very bad one. " Come on, Sir, here's the place : stand still ! how fearful And dizzy 'tis...! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade!... | |
| 1817 - 694 páginas
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetle«. Halfway down Hangs one that gather: samphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks... | |
| 1817 - 482 páginas
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " 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. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks... | |
| 1817 - 708 páginas
...this Cliff given by our dramatist, and which has been the cause of its being honoured with his name. " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down 373 Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 500 páginas
...we feel a sort of pleasure mixed with the pain, witness Shakespeare's description of Dover cliffs : -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... | |
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