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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... "
An Abridgment of Elements of Criticism - Page 56
by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 300 pages
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The Tatler, Volume 3

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...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...
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 70

English literature - 1808 - 1016 pages
..." The crows and choughs that wing the " mid-way air " Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half» " way down " Hangs one that gathers samphire,— " dreadful trade ! " Methinks he seems no bigger than " one's head. " The fishermen that walk, upan the " beach '< Appear like mice ; and yon tall a»i"...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 pages
...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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...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!...fishermen, 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:...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

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...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade...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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Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa: In which are ..., Volume 2

Sir John Barrow - Africa, Southern - 1806 - 412 pages
...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 " D1minish' d to her cock. # * * * * * " The murmuring surge " That on the unnumberM idle pebbles chafes,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...scarce so gross as beetles: Half way down iangsonethat gathers samphire'; dreadful trade ! Rethinks, many hours must I tend my flock ; So many hours must...many hours must I contemplate ; So many hours must Jnninish'd to her cock"": her cock, a buoy, iiminish'd to her cock , „,.. ^^.^, . UuUj, Almost too...
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The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ...

James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...approaching the verge of the mountain— -" How fearfnl And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like...and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock. -The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high."-— •...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...he crows, and choughs, that' wing the midway Shew scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down längs one that gathers samphire ' ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : Ihe fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, >immish'd...
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