 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3691817Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...low ? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire. Dreadful trade !...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 424 pages
...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 !...Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark,. Dimiuish'd to her cock 5 her cock, a buoy- . Almost too small for sight : The murmuring swrgr, That... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 628 pages
...one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no lugger than his head. The Jishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 94 pages
...air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anch'ring bark Seems lessen'dto her cock : her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight • the mnrm'ring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...I 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 !...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway jir, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade !...his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, [2] Nile means in this place not a letter, but a remark. JOHNSON. [J] You may infer more than I have... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 pages
...midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. \ Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; (74:) dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surgef That OQ th'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs oue that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks,...too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on 1ln- mmumber d idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest my brain... | |
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