| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...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...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 th' unuumber'd idle... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...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...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... | |
| English literature - 1808 - 1016 pages
...that walk, upan the " beach '< Appear like mice ; and yon tall a»i" cboring bark " Seem» Icsîen'd to her cock, her cock " a buoy, " Almost too small for sight . " The murmuring surge beneath " Cannot be heard so high." The eggs, immediately after they arc • ', • liu^ ^IMIII, u«... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice j and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring...unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Glo. Set... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...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...mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...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 but lie and... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...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...unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Glo. Set me... | |
| Gowrie Conspiracy, 1600 - 1806 - 396 pages
...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...murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chaces, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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 cock, a buoy Almost too small for sijjht. The murmuring surge, That on... | |
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