 | Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge. That o'er the unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." We were just descending from the rocks, through a shaft... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 394 pages
...walk upon the beach Appear like mice; and yon tall anchoring hark, Diminish'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy, Almost too small for sight : the murmuring surge, That on the nnnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. — Sasurutz. The village of St. Margaret's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon' tall anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock;j her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight: The murmuring surge, That on the unnumbevM idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: — I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn,... | |
 | Caesar Otway - 1827 - 438 pages
...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 unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high.—I'll look no more. —Nothing indeed could... | |
 | Caesar Otway - Ireland - 1827 - 462 pages
...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 unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. — I'll look no more. — Nothing indeed... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Natural history - 1828 - 256 pages
...walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring bark, Diminish'd to a 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 deficient sight Topple... | |
 | 1828 - 288 pages
...buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' nnnnmber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the diminish'd sight Topple down headlong. From the dread summit of this chalky bourn Look up ;... | |
 | 1828 - 298 pages
...buoy, Almost too small for sight. The munn'ring surge, That on III' nnntimber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain tarn, and the diminish'd sight Topple down headlong. From the dread summit of this chalky bourn Look... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Kent (England) - 1829 - 800 pages
...buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the diminish'd sight Topple down headlong. . From the dread summit of this chalky bourn Look up... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Kent (England) - 1829 - 792 pages
...buoy, Almost too small for sight. The murm'ring surge, That on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the diminish'd sight Topple down headlong. "From the dread summit of this chalky bourn Look up... | |
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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... 
