 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 572 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...dizzy 'tis to cast ones eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Shew scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers...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 - 1804 - 642 pagina’s
...Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How 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 that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than... | |
 | 1808 - 1016 pagina’s
..." The crows and choughs that wing the " mid-way air " Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half» " way down " Hangs one that gathers samphire,— " dreadful trade ! " Methinks he seems no bigger than " one's head. " The fishermen that walk, upan the " beach '< Appear like mice ; and yon tall a»i"... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 pagina’s
...one. Come on, Sir, here's the place ; stand still ! how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so 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 ! Methinks he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pagina’s
...Come on, sir; here's the place : — standstill. — How 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 that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pagina’s
...Come on, sir; here's the place : — standstill. — How 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 that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pagina’s
...tied to a weight at the bottom. The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice : and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock a buoy, Almost too small for si^ht. Shelcjpf,irc* Like iuayi, that never sink into the flood, On learning's surface we... | |
 | 1806 - 396 pagina’s
...low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, Shew scarce as gross as beetles : Half way down , Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful...Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock ! a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chaces, Cannot be heard so... | |
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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: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon... 
