His lips mutely moved as if he were conning a lesson he was learning by rote, and then, seeing the question still in his father's Blearing eyes, he began: "I met with trouble, Pa-I reckon some would style it an accident.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben
These monstrous icicles, Blearing the visage of the rock, which he figured as nothing but icicles, affected Northwick with an awe that he nowhere felt except when his driver slowed his carriole in front of the great Capes Trinity and Eternity, and silently pointed at them with his whip.
"The Quality of Mercy"
W. D. Howells
"The Liddells went up to see that poor woman afterwards and to tell her how sorry they were; but she said, 'Yes, there's my poor Mary, she goes Blearing about like a mad bull; but I say to her, "Dinna' fash yersel, but pray to the Lord to have mercy on them that took the things, for they've paid far dearer than I ever paid for them."
"Story of My Life, volumes 1-3"
Augustus J. C. Hare