 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...air, Show scarce so big as beetles ; half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anch'ring bark Seems lessen'd-to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight; the murm'ring... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark . Dimiuisii'd to her boat ; her boat! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th'unnumber'd idle pebbles beat, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn." N°... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 pages
...Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade '. Met h inks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear...; her cock a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebblei chafes, Cannot be heard so high." SHAKESfEAR's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...Buy a map, a mill-mat," &c. Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;1 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The...unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I '11 look no more ; Lest my brain turn. and the deficient sight . . Topple down headlong.2 Glo.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 pages
...Buy a map, a mill-mat," &c. Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;1 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The...unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I '11 look no more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong.2 Glo.... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - Great Britain - 1809 - 166 pages
...Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade I 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 cock a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge. That on th'... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - Aesthetics - 1810 - 444 pages
...And even on the beach below, drawing an idea of terror from the comparative deficiency of one sense: The murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes Cannot be heard so high ; I'll look no more Lest my brain turn. The nearer any grand or terrible objects in nature press upon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 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...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 pebbles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 424 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 like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark,. Dimiuish'd to her cock 5 her cock, a buoy- . Almost too small for sight : The murmuring swrgr, That... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 628 pages
...one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no lugger than his head. The Jishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like 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... | |
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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... 
