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... The Oxford Shakespeare: The History of King Lear - Pągina 230per William Shakespeare - 2001 - 336 pąginesPrevisualització limitada - Sobre aquest llibre
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pągines
...Methinks, you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir; here's the place; — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows,...down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like... | |
| A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 pągines
...whose high and bending head Looks fearfully on the confined deep Here's the place: — How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows...down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no higger than his bead. The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice;... | |
| Bernard Brugičre - 1995 - 344 pągines
...mesures précises, de repčres familiers : Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows...gross as beetles; half-way down Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than lus head. The fishermen that walk upon the... | |
| William C. Carroll - 1996 - 268 pągines
...with new clothing and altered speech. The famous image that Edgar creates of the view from the cliff ("the crows and choughs that wing the midway air / Show scarce so gross as beetles") contains perhaps more detail than even Gloucester needs to convince him of where he stands (he has... | |
| Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - 1996 - 332 pągines
...fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eye 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 trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice;... | |
| Susan Bruce - 1998 - 196 pągines
...156 II. Perspectives Here are Edgar's lines: Come on, sir; here's the place. Stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows...Hangs one that gathers samphire - dreadful trade; Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice;... | |
| Jeffrey Masten, Wendy Wall - 1999 - 318 pągines
...blind man who, after all, cannot see anything: Come on sir, here's the place. Stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! The crows...beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, the dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach... | |
| Robert Nye - 1999 - 428 pągines
...has Edgar at Dover in King Lear pronounce Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful 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 sampire, dreadful trade! Chapter Eight Which is mostly about choughs... | |
| Gillian Darley - 1999 - 380 pągines
...Lear which might be suggested by one precipitous view: 'Here lies the place stand still. How fearful, and dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows...and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, show scarce as gross as beetles.' The hea\y rain intensified a mood of Shakespearean tragedy. Mrs Hofland well... | |
| J. Douglas Kneale - 1999 - 250 pągines
...SY9te Virgin fu«! Shakespearean contexts, with the latter also containing midway and halfway images: "The crows and choughs that wing the midway air / Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down / Hangs one who gathers samphire" (King Lear 4.6.13-15). The verb "hangs" shows "a slight... | |
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