 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...  Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life - Page 46by William Shakespeare - 1847Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...alters " horrible" to horribly. It might be meant that Edgar should not speak with strict propriety. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still....fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ' ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - Marine animals - 1858 - 588 pages
...the Isle of Man. And now, with steady courage scan the depth beneath : — " Come on, sir ; here 's the place : — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Animal behavior - 1859 - 720 pages
...similar scene near the coast of Dover is thus graphically described by Shakspeare : THE ARCTIC PUFFIN. -How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so...fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminished to her cock ; her cock a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
 | Matthew Boyd Hope - Rhetoric - 1859 - 314 pages
...description of the effects of the dizzy height of the cliff, upon the objects on its face, and at its foot, " How fearful, ' And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes...head : ' The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, 1 Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, ' Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy ' Almost... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...ihovlt. b — oriliadi,— ] See note {•). p. 644, Vol. t. GLO. Methinks you're better spoken. EDO. 1 yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 838 pages
...tliould. b — ceiliads,— ] See note (»), p. 6W, Vol. I. GLO. Methmks you're better spoken. EDO. Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. —...that walk* upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish 'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: the... | |
 | Peter Bayne - Authors, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...whisper; but the closeness of detail is sufficient for illustration. " How fearful And dizzy 't is, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs,...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...engendered battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this. O ! O ! tis foul ! DESCRIPTION OF DOVER CLIFF. Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand still.—...beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ;|| deadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...were in her eyes ; which parted thence, As pearls from diamonds dropp'd. Description of Dover Cliff. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; * her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 578 pages
...still. — How fearful * His life made dark as night. + Glances, t Observe what I am saying. § Infer. And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows,...fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, • Diminish'd to her cock ;* her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight... | |
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