 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3691817Full view - About this book
 | John Henry Brady - 1837 - 202 pages
...her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — I'll...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." From the edge of the cliff is a fine view of the opposite coast of France. In clear weather, the fields,... | |
 | Richard Treffry - 1837 - 236 pages
...one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the mid-way air Show scarce so gross as beetles. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." This is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary and surprising places in the mining district of Cornwall,... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk - 1838 - 764 pages
...head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock : her cock a buoy Almost too small for...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." . * Dover has become rather popular of late as a fashionable watering-place. To understand this, perhaps,... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1838 - 448 pages
...the place ; stand stillHow dizzy 'in 10 coat one's eyi-a so low ! thf murmuring lurge, That on th* unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. SHakipearc. "THIS, then, at last," said I, "is the broad and beauliful Hudson!" I addressed myself... | |
 | 1832 - 834 pages
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 | William Finden - 1838 - 284 pages
...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...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." Much unnecessary criticism has been wasted on this passage by persons who have not attended to the... | |
 | 1838 - 448 pages
...'tii to cast one's eyi s BO low ! • the murmuring surge, That on Hi" unnumbered idle pebbles chares. Cannot be heard so high !— I'll look no more, Lest...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Sftaktptorf. * THIS, then, at last," said I, " i -• ihe broad and beautiful Hudson!" I addressed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, c Judgment. d Seal the same contract. • Earth. ' Daws. Cannot be heard so high : I'll look no more ; Lest...turn, and the deficient sight Topple' down headlong. 34 — iv. 6. 90 The dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetles^ o'er his base into the sea, The very... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk - 1839 - 754 pages
...head. The fishermen that walk upon the beach Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock : her cock a buoy Almost too small for...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." Dover has become rather popular of late as a fashionable watering-place. To understand this, perhaps,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 530 pages
...that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; a her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring...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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