 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766 - 534 sidor
...The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down 30 Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 sidor
...1'he crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade !...murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight... | |
 | 1801 - 446 sidor
...• — The crows and coughs that wing the midway air, Seem scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful trade !...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... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 sidor
...low I 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 !...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 - 1804 - 642 sidor
...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,...murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 sidor
...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 trade...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 sidor
...low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Shew scarce as gross as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade!...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 490 sidor
...! 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,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 sidor
...! 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,...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:... | |
 | 1806 - 396 sidor
...The crows and choughs, that wing the mid-way air, Shew scarce as gross as beetles : Half way down , Hangs one that gathers samphire : dreadful trade !...murmuring surge That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chaces, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple... | |
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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... 
