 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade !...too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | Lady - 1824 - 136 pages
...been mentioned by Shakspeare, in the following lines from his play of ' King Lear.' GO ' Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade !...too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ;9 dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest mv brain turn, and the deficient sight... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ;' dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bister than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the...small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumbcr'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | 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...and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock J ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pages
...The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, .Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for...murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I '11 look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 572 pages
...alters his voice in order to pass afterwards for a malignant spirit. Hangs one that gathers samphire4; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock b ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
 | 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...; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock5; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 576 pages
...alters his voice iu order to pass afterwards for a malignant spirit. Hangs one that gathers samphire4; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than...beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Dimiuish'tl to her cock5; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 390 pages
...Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade Г Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen...murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. — SHAKSFEABE. The village of St. Margaret's at Cliff is situated... | |
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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... 
