 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 371by Edwin Reed - 1902 - 441 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 520 pages
...person would be who really found himself on the brink of one. M. MASON. 3 — Half way down 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 4 ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight :... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...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 hke mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 584 pages
...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...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. King Lear, Act... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 582 pages
...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 cock a buoy Almost tuo small fur sight. The murmuring... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Mi-thinks he seems no bigger than his head ! The fishermen that walk upon the heach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anch'i-ing bark ; 30 % niminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy... | |
 | Catharine Cappe - 1822 - 494 pages
...highly gratified and delighted at Dover, by the sublime, yet awful and tremendous cliffs, from whence " The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard." Here, as I stood and viewed the corresponding cliffs on the French coast, I could not but lament that... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823 - 418 pages
...The fishermen that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark Diminished ,lo her cock ; her cock, a buoy - Almost too small for...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. King Lear, Act... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...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, • i Diminish'd to her cock8 ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...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 cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...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 cock, a buoy That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles... | |
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