 idle pebbles chafes, Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. King tear, Act IV. Sc. 6. A remark is made above, that the emotions of...  Elements of Criticism - Page 130by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1844 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - German literature - 1766 - 534 pages
...buoy 85 Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumbred idle pebbles chafes Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong* • 2Kit biefer ©teHe bee ©Ijafefpeare ju Dergleichen bie ©teile beim Шгоп, Book VII, v. 210.... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge, That on the unnumber'd pebbles idly chafes, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Sluikspeare's King Lear, This description commences, after a long pause, in a low tone of voice, expressive... | |
 | Sir John Carr - France - 1803 - 302 pages
...beautiful description of Shakspeare— The murmuring surge That on tli' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: I'll look no more, Lest my...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong, We did not visit the other tower, as it was uniform with this. The woman who has the charge of the... | |
 | Sir John Carr - English - 1803 - 302 pages
...beautiful description of Shakspcarc— -The murmuring surge That on th' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes, Cannot be heard so high: I'll look no more, Lest my...turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. We did not visit the other tower, as it was uniform with this. The woman who has the charge of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 488 pages
...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 1 down headlong. Glo. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand: You are now within a foot Of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...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 down headlong. Glo. Set me where you stand. Edg. Give me your hand: You are now within a foot Of the extreme verge:... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...boat! a buoy Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge That on th' unuumber'd idle pebbles beats, Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn. ADDISON. N° 118. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1709-10. Lusisti sntis, edisti satis, aftjue bibisti, Tempus... | |
 | Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 432 pages
...Shakespeare came forcibly into my mind: Stand still how fearful And -dizzy 'tis to cast one's eye so low! I'll look no more, Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. The opening in the rocks, which gives passage to the stream, is said to have been caused by the force... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 496 pages
...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 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 - 1806 - 356 pages
...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 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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