 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1766 - 534 pages
...crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down 30 Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fisher-men that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock; her... | |
 | 1838 - 358 pages
...The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Seem scarce so gross as beetles ! Halfway down, Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head :" and although I saw no one at that work, the hounds and fox were dwindled into mere specks among... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 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... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 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 ! , . Methinks he seems no bigger than his head ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anch'ring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her... | |
 | 1801 - 446 pages
...The crows and coughs 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 Diminish'd to her cock : her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...The crows and choughs that wing the midway 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 boat ; her... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 1016 pages
...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"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 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 j and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8... | |
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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... 
