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... Chapters on the Common Things of the Sea-side - Página 9de Anne Pratt - 1850 - 345 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Tate Wilkinson - 1795 - 544 páginas
...who gathers famphire — dreadful trade ! Methinks he feems no bigger than his head : The fiihermcn that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark Bimidi'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almolt too fmall for fight. The murm'ring furge, That on the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1800 - 364 páginas
...that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he feems no bigger than his head : The fi(hermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Dimini(h'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight : The murmuring furge, That on... | |
| John Walker - 1801 - 424 páginas
...so low I 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...walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anch'ring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
| Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 páginas
...the verge of the mountain — " How fearful " And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! #**•»# " The fishermen that walk upon the beach " Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark " Diminished to her cock. * * '' * * * " The murmuring surge, " That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 páginas
...trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : 8 Daws. •' A vegetable gathered fur pickling. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like...and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; 1 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 572 páginas
...that gathers samphire — Dreadful trade ! Mtthmks he seems no blgger than his head. The rlshermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Ditninlsh'J to her tut ; her haal ! a hixiy Almost too MII. ill for vy.v. The inurmuring sin « '»... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 páginas
...dizzy 'tis to cast ones eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Shew scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers...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... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 páginas
...so low ? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Show scarce as gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire — Dreadful...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 páginas
...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!...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... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 páginas
...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... | |
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