 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 - 1812 - 414 pages
...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, _ £2] Nfte means in this place not a letter, but a remark. JOHNSON. [3] You may infer more than I... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 368 pages
...one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade i Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fi-hermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surgef That OQ th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Canuot l>e heard so high. I'll look no more, 1 ,i'>i... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...The fishermen that walk upon the beech, Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish' d to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, (74) One that gathers samphire. Vide the map of the moon. This passage is referable to the same shadow... | |
 | Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 350 pages
...The fishermen that walk upon the beech, Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminish' d to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, (74) One that gathers samphire. Vide the map of the moon. Thh passage is referable to the same shadow... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs oue 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 428 pages
...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...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...half-way dowa Hangsone thatgalhers samphire; dreadful we. Methinks he seems no bigger than his had: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach. Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring but Diminuh'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : the murmunnj surge, sides,'... | |
 | 1817 - 236 pages
...the beach, : •. • ' Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark,. Diminish *d to her cook.; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight :.. The...unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high King, Lear., Act IV. Scene V. A friend of ours, who has a passion for making every thing plain to the... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...gross as beetle«. Halfway down Hangs one that gather: samphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Dimmish M to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...beetles. Halfway down VOL. I. 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... | |
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