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" 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 Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ... - Page 255
1806 - 380 pages
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The Plays, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire f ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock J ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That...
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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson and Stevens [sic ...

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...beetles : I lalf way down Hangs one that gathers samphire t ; dreadfnl trad« ! Methinks, he seen» no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Dimiuish'd to her cocki; h or rock, a buoy Almo« too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on...
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Miscellanies Selected from the Public Journals, Volume 2

Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pages
...gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade Mcthinks he looks no bigger than his head : The fishermen that walk...beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, .Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That...
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessings sämmtliche Schriften, Volumes 3-4

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1825 - 658 pages
...^And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eves so low! The Crows and Choughs, that wing the mid.« way air, Show -scarce so gross as Beetles : half way down, Hangs...no bigger, than his head : The fishermen, that walk njjoii the beach, •. Appear like ruice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark. Diminish'*! to her cock ;...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Cymbeline. Titus Andronicus ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...this or the foregoing hemistich. The quartos read as one line : — Hangs one that gathers samphire4; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock5; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on...
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A History of British Birds, Volume 1

Thomas Bewick - 1826 - 446 pages
...to eat raw or dressed meat, bread, and soft grain, but will not eat common worms. • " How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows...the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles." THE MAGPIE. PIANET. (Corvus Pica, Linn. — La Pie, Buffi) LENGTH about eighteen inches. Bill strong...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

1826 - 502 pages
...Mutliinks. you're belter spoken. Edff. Come on, sir; [Crowes to н.] here's the place. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows...choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The tjshermen, that...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - 1827 - 452 pages
...CL And diziy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low I The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one...like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish M to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd...
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Sketches in Ireland: Descriptive of Interesting, and Hitherto Unnoticed ...

Caesar Otway - 1827 - 462 pages
...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...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 unnumbered...
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The Table Book..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1827 - 892 pages
...Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade 1 Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen...beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Dimini>hM to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on...
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