| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1805 - 344 pages
...— — 'Сртте on, fir, Here's the place; ftand ftill. How fearful And dizzy'tís to cait ones Eyes fo low! The Crows and Choughs, that wing the midway air Shew fcarcè fo grofs as Beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers famphire; dreadful trade/ Me thinks... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1807 - 548 pages
...fearful And dizzy 'tis, to caft one's eye fo low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway-air, Shew fcarce fo grofs as beetles. Half-way down Hangs...that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he icems no bigger than his head. The fifhermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall... | |
| John Montagu (4th earl of Sandwich.) - 1807 - 650 pages
...this gives you a much nobler idea of the defcription. <f - How fearful •" And dizzy 'tis to cafb one's eyes fo low ! *' The crows and choughs that wing the midway air " Are fcarce fo grofs as beetles, farther down " Hangs one that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade !... | |
| John Graves - Cleveland (England : District) - 1808 - 556 pages
...eyes below ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Scarce teem fo grofs as beetles;—halfway down Hangs one that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade...Methinks he feems no bigger than his head. The fifhermen, that walk upon the be-.ich; Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Dimmifli'd to her cock;—her... | |
| James Peller Malcolm - 1814 - 348 pages
...elevated fea. At length the hour of harveft arrives, and the reaper trips lightly where Edgar exclaimed " How fearful and dizzy 'tis to caft one's eyes fo low ! The fifhermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice — " unconfcious of thofe fears which agitate... | |
| Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1861 - 368 pages
...or a very bad or 39 Come on, fir, here's the place; Jlandjlilll how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cqft one's eyes fo low ? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Showfcarce as grofs as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers famphire — dreadful trade !... | |
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