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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... "
Bacon and Shake-speare Parallelisms - Page 371
by Edwin Reed - 1902 - 441 pages
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The works of Shakespeare, with corrections and illustr. from ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1767 - 304 pages
...one that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he feems no bigger than his head. The fHhermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminifh'd to her cock ; her cock a buoy Almoft too finall for fight. The murmuring furge, That on...
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The Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1767 - 510 pages
...that gathers famphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he feems no bigger than his head. The fifher-men, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminifh'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight. The murmuring furge, That on th'...
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The History of King Lear: As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Colman, Nahum Tate - 1768 - 98 pages
...that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he feems no bigger than his head. The fifhermen, that walk upon the beach, .Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark, DiminilVd' to her cock ; htr cock ! a buoy Almoil too imall for fight. The murmuring furge Cannot be...
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The Works of Shakespear: King Lear. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus. Macbeth

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 360 pages
...that gathers Samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he feems no bigger than his head. The fifher-men, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminifh'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight. The murmuring furge,. That on...
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The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 514 pages
...that gathers. famphire ; dreadful trade! Methinks, he feems no bigger than his. head. The fifher-men, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminifh'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight. The murmuring furger That on...
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An Essay on Genius

Alexander Gerard - 1774 - 464 pages
...one that gathers famphire i dreadful trade ! Mcthinks he items no bigger than his head. The fifhcrmcn that walk upon the beach Appear like mice \ and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminiihed to her cock ; her cock a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight. The murmuring furge That on th*...
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The Beauties of Shakespear: Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a ...

William Shakespeare - 1780 - 336 pages
...that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! JVIethinks, he feems no bigger than his head. The fifher-men, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark, Diminim'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almoft too fmall for fight. The murmuring furge,. That on...
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English Etymology

George William Lemon - 1783 - 826 pages
...in his admirable defcription of Dover Cliff, which was fo fteep, that to look down, The fifber men, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminifh'd to her cock ; her cock a bouy Almoft too fmall for fight» COCK of a gun -, ." parum deflexo,...
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English etymology; or, A derivative dictionary of the English language

George William Lemon - 1783 - 710 pages
...in his admirable defcription of Dover Cliff, which was fo fteep, that to look down, The fifher men, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminifh'd to her cock -, her cock a bouy Almoft too fmall for fight. COCK of a gun -, " parum deflexo,...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 3

1785 - 698 pages
...that gathers famphire— Dreadful trade ! Methinks he fcems no bigger than his head* The filhcrrnen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice, and yond' tall anchoring bark DimmiflTd to her boat; her boat! a buoy Almnil too fmall for fight. The murmuring furge. That on th'...
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