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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!... "
The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and Critical - Page 178
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The Oxford Shakespeare: The History of King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 334 pages
...GLOUCESTER Methinks you 're better spoken . 10 EDGAR Come on, sir, here's the place. Standstill. Howfearful 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 . Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade ! 15 Methinks he...
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King Lear: The 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 324 pages
...wisdom to her back to reason 40 cuts him off cuts short his life IV.5 Open country near Dover EDGAR Come on, sir, here's the place. Stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! 13 The crows and choughs that wing the midway air H Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down 15...
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Adaptations of Shakespeare: A Critical Anthology of Plays from the ...

Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - English drama - 2000 - 330 pages
...Garments. GLOSTER Methinks y'are better Spoken. EDGAR Come on, Sir, here's the Place, how fearfull And dizy 'tis to cast one's Eyes so Low. The Crows and Choughs that wing the Mid-way Air Shew scarce so big as Beetles, halfway down Hangs one that gathers Sampire, dreadfull Trade! The Fisher-men...
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King Lear

Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - Drama - 2001 - 36 pages
...friendly stranger helps him up, exclaiming about his miraculous survival. The stranger A fearful precipice How fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low!...crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles; halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems...
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The Peripatetic

John Thelwall - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 464 pages
...muse of Shakespeare took from the airy brow, and afterwards from the terrific base, of Dover cliffs. "How fearful "And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...and choughs, that wing the midway air, "Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down "Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! "Methinks he seems...
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Theatre in Crisis?: Performance Manifestos for a New Century

Maria M. Delgado, Caridad Svich - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 290 pages
...language to depend on, creates such a visibly rich tapestry for blind man and audience alike. EDGAR: Come on, sir; here's the place. Stand still. How fearful...crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers sampire - dreadful trade; Methinks he seems...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 33

Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 240 pages
...the stage the greatest passage of scene setting in Shakespeare and possibly in all literature: Edgar. Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful...crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles; half way down Hangs one that gathers samp ire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems...
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy

Claire McEachern - Drama - 2002 - 310 pages
...scene with language that encourages the blind Gloucester to imagine he stands on a high precipice: 98 How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumbered idle pebble chafes, Cannot be heard...
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Shakespeare nostro contemporaneo

Jan Kott - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 282 pages
...dall'estremo orlo del precipizio: per tutto quello che c'è sotto la luna, io non farei un salto sui piedi.4 2 [Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful / And dizzy 'tis, to cast one eyes so lowl / The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, / Shew srarce so gross as beetles:...
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Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the Plays

Laurie Maguire - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 260 pages
...cliffs are given the most detailed topographical description. There are flora, fauna, cliffs, danger: How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so...crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers sampire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems...
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