 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetle«. Halfway down Hangs one that gather: 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 Dimmish M to her cock ; her... | |
 | L. Fussell - East Sussex (England) - 1818 - 322 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 Diminished to her cock ; her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818
...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 3... | |
 | John Gamble - 1819 - 748 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 Diminished to her cock ; her... | |
 | Christian Hieronymus Justus Schlegel - Belarus - 1819 - 736 pages
...crows and choughs, that wing the midway air » Shew scarce so gtofs as beetles. Half way down Haags one that gathers samphire: — dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The Fisherman , that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...crows, and choughs, that wing the mid- way 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 hke mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles: half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire f ; 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 J... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 582 pages
...The Cfows 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... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Botany, Economic - 1822 - 444 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 samphire-gatherers in early days, we may conclude, met with a ready sale for this salad, as we have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 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,...seems no bigger than his head : ; . The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, • i Diminish'd to 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... 
