 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766 - 534 pages
...gross as beetles. Half way down 30 Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fisher-men that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock; her cock, a buoy 85 Almost too small for sight. The... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1792 - 442 pages
...grofs as Beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers famphire ; dreadful trade ! Me thinks he feems no bigger than, his head! The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yond tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buvy Almoft too ilmall for fight. The... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...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 anch'ring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...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 j and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock;8 her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...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, _ £2] Nfte means in this place not a letter, but a remark. JOHNSON. [3] You may infer more than I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...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, [2] Nile means in this place not a letter, but a remark. JOHNSON. [J] You may infer more than I have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...beetles : halfway down, Hangs one thatgatherssamphire; dreadful trade! Mt thinks, he seems no biggei than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' ta'.l anchoring bark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...gross as beetles. Halfway 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 you tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her boat ; her boat! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...gross as beetles: Halfway 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... | |
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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 the... 
