 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...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 the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...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 the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock; her... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 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 ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish' d to her cock; her... | |
 | Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 - 1806 - 396 pages
...crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, Shew 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 beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...you are better spoken. Edg. Come on, sir ; here's the place : — stand still. — How fearful 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 anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807
...he crows, and choughs, that' wing the midway Shew scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down längs one that gathers samphire ' ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : Ihe fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, >immish'd... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 886 pages
...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 the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...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 seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark . Dimiuisii'd to her boat ;... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Great Britain - 1809
...south of the town is Shakespeare's clilf, on which grows abundance of samphire. -Halfway dow.n Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. Resuming our journey, we passed through Folk;stone, Hythe, New Romney, Rye, and VVinchelsea, all places... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...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 seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her... | |
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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... 
