| Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...notice of it in King Lear : — " 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 beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall... | |
| Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1861 - 368 pages
...or a very bad or 39 Come on, fir, here's the place; Jlandjlilll how fearful And dizzy 'tis to cqft one's eyes fo low ? The crows and choughs that wing the midway air, Showfcarce as grofs as beetles. Half-way down Hangs one that gathers famphire — dreadful trade !... | |
| Henry Watkins Allen - Europe - 1861 - 270 pages
...'tis to cast one's eyes so low.! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles ; halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire — dreadful trade ! Methinks he seemes no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice. I'll look... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...'tis to cart one's eyes so 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! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appearlike mice ; and yon'tal... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1863 - 382 pages
...'tis, to cast one's eyes 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 ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice : and yon... | |
| William Shakespeare - English drama - 1864 - 648 pages
...'tis, to cast one's eyes 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 ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond'... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...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 beach, Appear like mice ; and yon... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 pages
...'tis to cast ones eyes 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 trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; and yon tall... | |
| Sidney Beisly - 1864 - 200 pages
...to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so 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... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...'tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air Shew scarce so 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... | |
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