 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...  Elements of Criticism - Page 181by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766 - 534 pages
...her cock; her cock, a buoy 85 Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumbred idle pebbles chafes Cannot be heard so high. I'll...my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong1 • 2Ш biefer ©telle bel ©fyoiefpeare ju öergieidjen bie ©teile beim STOIton, Book VII,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...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...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. G/o. Set me where you stand. Edg, Give me your hand : You are now within a foot Of the extreme verge... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...The fishermen that 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 surge, That on the unnumber'd pebbles idly chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient... | |
 | 1801 - 446 pages
...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 murmuring surg* That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1802 - 404 pages
...the beach " Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring bark " Diminished to her cock. * * '' * * * " The murmuring surge, " That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, " Cannot be heard so high." All the objects on the plain below are, in fact, dwindled away to the eye of the spectator into littleness... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1802 - 410 pages
...lipon thé beach Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bai k Diminish'd to her cock ; her cocfc , a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge That on thé unnutnber'd idle pebbles chafes, Giniiot tie heard so high. Fil look no more, Lest my brain turn... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; 1 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The...more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple1 down headlong. Glo. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand : You are now within a foot... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1803 - 302 pages
...to my mind that beautiful description of Shakspeare — -The murmuring surge That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : I'll...my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlongWe did not visit the other tower, as it was uniform with this. The woman who has the charge... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...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:...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Glo. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand: You are now within a foot Of the extreme verge:... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...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 pebbles beat) Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn. I No. 119. THURSDAY, JANUARY... | |
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