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" 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 unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and... "
The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris - Page 24
by Sir John Carr - 1803 - 261 pages
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The Tatler, Volume 3

1822 - 488 pages
...a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles beats, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn." ' The parcel of letters, value 10*. 3d. with the subsequent letter, is received, for which Mr. Bickerstaff...
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The History of Lyme-Regis, Dorset, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day

George Roberts - Lyme Regis (England) - 1823 - 442 pages
...one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Shew scarce so gross as beetles. The murmuring surge, That on th* unnumbered idle pebbles...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. A path, running in a parallel direction with the edge of the cliff, conducts us to a spot from which...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 10

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...anchoring bark Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too smalj for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes,...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Jfo'ng Lear, act ¡v. sc. 6. A remark is made above, that the emotions of grandeur and sublimity are...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...her cock8 ; 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 : —...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Glo. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand : You are now within a foot Of the extreme verge...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...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 more,...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Shakspeare's King Lear. This description commences, after a long pause, in a low tone of voice, expressive...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...buoy That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Almost too small for sight : The murmuring surge. t Cannot be heard so high :—I'll look no more ; Lest...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. 6 Glo. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand : You are now within a foot Of the extreme verge...
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The History of the County Palatine of Chester

J. H. Hanshall - Cheshire - 1817 - 756 pages
...Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade I Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. * * * * I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. The view from the summit is most magnificent and extensive. A tolerable conception of the fortifications...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 3

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...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 satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti, Tempus abire tibi Hon....
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on th' unnumberM idle lxbbles beat, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn." No. 118. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1709-10. Ltalsti satis, edisti suits, atque bibisti, Tempus abire tibi...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...! 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, 1709-10. Lu.ii.->ii satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti, Tempus abire...
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