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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 8
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 8

Chapter XXV

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_Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.
_Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.
How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.
I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
_Glou._ Set me where you stand.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 8

Chapter XXV

Reading 1/129 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.
Line 2
_Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.
Line 3
How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.
Line 4
I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.
Line 5
_Glou._ Set me where you stand.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.”

Dreadful adjective US /ˈdrɛdfəl/

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading “How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.”

Lest conjunction US /lest/

in order that something should not happen

From this reading “I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “_Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.”

Scarce adjective US /skɛrs/

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading “How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.”

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10

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

15

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

20

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4241

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

4242

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

4243

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4244

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4245

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4246

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4247

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4248

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4249

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

4250

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

air

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Almost

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

anchoring

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Appear

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

bark

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

beach

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

beetles

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

better

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

bigger

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

brain

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

buoy

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

Cannot

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

cast

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

chafes

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

changed

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

choughs

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

cock

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

ComenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

crows

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

deceived

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

deficient

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

Diminish'd

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

dizzy

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

down

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Edg

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

eyes

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

fearful

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

fishermen

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

garments

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

gathers

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Glou

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

gross

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Hangs

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

head

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

headlong

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

heard

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

here's

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

high

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

How

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

I'll

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

idle

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

LestconjunctionUS /lest/

in order that something should not happen

From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

like

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

low

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Glou._ Set me where you stand.

Methinks

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

mice

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

midway

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

more

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

much

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

murmuring

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

one's

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

pebbles

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

place

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

samphire

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

seems

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Set

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From this reading _Glou._ Set me where you stand.

Show

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

sight

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

sir

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

small

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

spoken

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

stand

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From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

surge

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

tall

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Glou._ Methinks you're better spoken.[4242] 10 _Edg._ Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still.

tis

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

too

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

Topple

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

trade

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

turn

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From this reading I'll look no more,[4250] Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.

unnumberd

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

walk

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

way

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading _Glou._ Set me where you stand.

wing

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

yond

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From this reading How fearful[4243] And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low![4244] 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![4245] 15 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen that walk upon the beach[4246] Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark[4247] Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy[4248] Almost too small for sight: the murmuring surge 20 That on the unnumberd idle pebbles chafes[4249] Cannot be heard so high.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Glou._ Set me where you stand.

You're

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From this reading _Edg._ You're much deceived: in nothing am I changed[4241] But in my garments.