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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... "
Views of ports and harbours [etc.] engr. by W. and E. Finden [ed. by W.A ... - Page 153
by William Finden - 1838 - 40 pages
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Views of society and manners in the north of Ireland, in a series of letters ...

John Gamble - 1819 - 748 pages
...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...; her cock a buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Can not be heard so high ! I'll look no...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 pages
...upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark u. 3 DiminishM to her boat; her limit! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on 1I1' unnumber'd idle pebbles beat, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn."...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 6

1820 - 496 pages
...walk upon the hcach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bank Diminnh'd to her cock : her cork a buoy. Almost too small for sight. The murmuring- surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chain. Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn,...
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Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives ..., Volumes 1-2

Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...! 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...Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, ' Of sound judgment. That on the unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...fishermen that walk upon the heach Appear like mice ; and yon tall anch'i-ing bark ; 30 % niminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on the unnumber'd pebbles idly chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1823 - 406 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 murm'ring surge, That on the unnumber'd pebbles idly chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 3

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 pages
...walk upon the beach .Appear like .mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diininish'd to her boat; her bunt! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles beat, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest. my brain turn....
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...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 surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles beat, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn."...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...walk upon the beech Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her ioot ; her boat ! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles beat, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn."...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 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 surge, That on the unnumbcr'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest my brain turn,...
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