 | John Hamilton Moore - Conduct of life - 1824 - 348 pages
...The crows and coughs, 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 one's head, The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice j»and yon tall anchoring bark... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1825 - 658 pages
...and Choughs, that wing the mid.« way air, Show -scarce so gross as Beetles : half way down, Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful , •'. • ....he seems no bigger, than his head : The fishermen, that walk njjoii the beach, •. Appear like ruice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark. Diminish'*! to her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826
...this or the foregoing hemistich. The quartos read as one line : — Hangs one that gathers samphire4; 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 cock5;... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 450 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 M to her cock ; her... | |
 | Caesar Otway - Ireland - 1827 - 462 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 ! 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... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Natural history - 1828 - 256 pages
...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 the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to a cock ; her... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Kent (England) - 1829 - 792 pages
...The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Seem 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829
...liquids. SAM'PHIRE, ns Fr. saint Pierre ; Lat. crithmum. A plant preserved in pickle. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. Shaktpeare This plant grows in great plenty «pon the rocks near the sea-shore, where it is washed... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 546 pages
...wing 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 his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, DiminUh'd to her cock;'0... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...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 the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ;'... | |
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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... 
