 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...  Miscellanies Selected from the Public Journals - Page 18by Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...gross as beetles: Half way down iangsonethat gathers samphire'; dreadful trade ! Rethinks, he seems s must I tend my flock ; So many hours must I take...many hours must I contemplate ; So many hours must Jnninish'd to her cock"": her cock, a buoy, iiminish'd to her cock , „,.. ^^.^, . UuUj, Almost too... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...stand still. — How fearful Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight; The murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...approaching the verge of the mountain— -" How fearfnl And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; — and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock. -The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...längs one that gathers samphire ' ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : Ihe fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, >immish'd to her cock '" ; her cock, a buoy, Ylmost too small for sight : The murmuringsurge, That... | |
 | John Montagu (4th earl of Sandwich.) - 1807 - 650 pages
...that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! " Methinks he feems no bigger than his head. ** The fifhermen that walk upon the beach " Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark " DiminiQied to her cock, her cock a buoy " Almoft too fmall for fight ; the foaming furge, " Which... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1808 - 878 pages
...gross as beetles: — Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Mc-thinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 888 pages
...as beetles: — Halfway down ' Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 432 pages
...air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark Seems lessen'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight ; the murm'ring surge Cannot... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 424 pages
...The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and you tall anch'ring bark Seems lessen'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight; the murm'ring surge Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no mere; x Lost my brain turn, and the disorder... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anch'ring bark Seems lessen'd-to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight; the murm'ring... | |
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