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O pure unspotted Nemo, sole paragon Of Love, of Conscience and perfection; The marble of remorse I sit upon Sweats scalding drops, like bitter brinish tears.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

My royal army is as great as his, That, from the bounds of Phrygia to the sea Which washeth Cyprus with his brinish waves, Covers the hills, the valleys, and the plains.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Marlowe, Christopher

And shedding brinish teares into her breast, Thus much her griefe to her at last exprest.

From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Miller, Paul William

Next day did many widows come Their husbands to bewail; They washed their wounds in brinish tears, But all would not prevail.

From A Bundle of Ballads by Morley, Henry

They sooner may drink up the sea, Than shake off these their fears; Or make another in one day As big with brinish tears; 95.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John