 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 - Seite 3691817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Finden - 1838 - 284 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...'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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 Seiten
...t Seal the same contract. t Earth. §Davvs. II A vegetable gathered for pickling. IT Her cock boat. 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 beetlesf °'er nis 'Dase mto tne sea> The very... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 Seiten
...Daws. f A vegetable gathered for pickling. IT Her cock-boat. Cannot be heard so high : I'll look DO more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple* down headlong. 34 — iv. 6. 90 The dreadful summit of the cliff, That beetlesf o'er nis base into tne sea, The very... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 Seiten
...for sight : the murmuring •urge, That on the unnumbered idle pebble* chafes, Cannot be heard «o high. Ill look no more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Such is the beautiful description of Dover Cliff, by Shakspeare ; but what would he have said, could... | |
 | miss Blackwell - 1840 - 856 Seiten
...The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high : — 111 look no more ; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight, Topple down headlong." SHIXSPEARB. " I HAVE been wandering this evening over Shakspeare's Cliff, with Lord de Vere. It is... | |
 | England - 1840 - 784 Seiten
...sight : the murmuring surge, That on the unnumbcr'd idle pebbles chafes. Cannot be heard no high. I '11 look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong." The passage is to be read with a recollection of the assumed character of Edgar ; and whatever exaggeration... | |
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