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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... "
Sketches in Ireland: descriptive of districts in the North and South [signed ... - Page 91
by Caesar Otway - 1827 - 80 pages
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Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives ..., Volumes 1-2

Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 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 hke mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small...
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The Tatler, Volume 3

1822 - 488 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...beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark I am sure I have, met with such deliverances by means of a dream. And such a deliverance will every...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 20

1822 - 580 pages
...Half-way down Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminished to her cock ; her cock a buoy That on the unnumher'd idle pebbles chafes, Almost too small...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Mi-thinks he seems no bigger than his head ! The fishermen that walk upon the heach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anch'i-ing bark ; 30 % niminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 3

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 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...beach .Appear like .mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diininish'd to her boat; her bunt! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 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,...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, • i Diminish'd to her cock8 ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge,...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...scarce as gross as beetles. Halfway 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 you tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 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 walk upon the beech Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her ioot ; her boat ! a buoy Almost...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

1823 - 442 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 walk upon the beech Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat ! a buoy Almost...
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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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