 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...  The Juvenile Gardener - Pàgina 78per Lady - 1824 - 129 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Hawkins - 1758 - 420 pàgines
...Mice ; and yond tall anchoring Bark, " Diminiih'd to her Cock ; her Cock, a Buoy " Almoft too (mail for Sight. The murmuring Surge, " That on' th' unnumber'd idle Pebbles chafes, " Cannot be heard fo high. 1*11 look no more, " Left my Brain turn, and the deficient Sight " Topplexlown headlong. King... | |
 | 1804 - 450 pàgines
...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 th' unnumber'd idle pebbles beats, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn. ADDISON. N° 118. TUESDAY, JANUARY... | |
 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 pàgines
...that walk upon the beach Appear like mice ; — and yon tall anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock. -The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high."-— • All the objects on the plain below are, in fact, dwindled away, in the eye of the spectator, into... | |
 | 1819 - 404 pàgines
...Carpathus — Casiro. Od. Lib. ill. — Hills that prop the polar star — Campbell, Ode to Winter. 27. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. — Shakespeare's King Lear, Act tv. Sc. 5, Their way was on the margin of the land, O'er the green... | |
 | 1820 - 496 pàgines
...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, and the deficient sight Topple... | |
 | Samuel Hibbert - 1822 - 670 pàgines
...cottages were interspersed among the hills. Still pursuing a course along precipitous banks, — . " where the murmuring surge That on th" unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high ;" a short walk led to the summit of Fitfiel Head, and to a view of the southerly ocean, — Fair Isle... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 pàgines
...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. N° 118. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,1709-10Lusisti... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 pàgines
...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." No. 118. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pàgines
...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." N° 118. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pàgines
...Diminish'd to her cock J ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll look no more ; Lest myfbrain turn, and the deficient sight Topple § down headlong. * Daws. f A vegetable gathered for... | |
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