 | Tate Wilkinson - 1795 - 544 pages
...who gathers famphire — dreadful trade ! Methinks he feems no bigger than his head : The fiihermcn that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark Bimidi'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almolt too fmall for fight. The murm'ring furge, That on the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 364 pages
...that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he feems no bigger than his head : The fi(hermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Dimini(h'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight : The murmuring furge, That on... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...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 beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anch'ring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 pages
...the verge of the mountain — " How fearful " 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 " Diminished to her cock. * * '' * * * " The murmuring surge, " That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 572 pages
...that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Mtthmks he seems no blgger than his head. The rlshermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Ditninlsh'J to her tut ; her haal ! a hixiy Almost too MII. ill for vy.v. The inurmuring sin « '»... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that...mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat, a buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge (That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 pages
...scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that...mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat; her boat ! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge That on th' unuumber'd idle... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...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...mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...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 beach, Appear like mice j and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight:... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pages
...with the spectacles of Shakespeare at the shipping in the bay, which appeared like small boats : < The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her ceck, a buoy Almost too small for sight.' The Cape of Good Hope had been... | |
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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... 
