 | 1823 - 782 Seiten
...one stanza on the first glimpse of LONDON ! How many hundred times has the thing been tried before? "A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping,...sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town!" My excellent friend, John Bull, quotes the following... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 164 Seiten
...who, though he were not of the race, Revered the soil, of those true sons the mother, LXXX. LXXXII. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! • LXXXIII. But Juan saw not this : each wreath... | |
 | 1823 - 772 Seiten
...one stanza on the first glimpse of LONDON ! How many hundred times has the thing been tried before ? "A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping,...as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sari just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping... | |
 | 1823 - 858 Seiten
...hundred times has the tiling been tried before ? "A mighty moss of brick, and smoke, and «hipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sait just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 346 Seiten
...the soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butchered half the earth, and bullied t'other.* LXXXI1. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head*— and there is London Town'! LXXXIII. But Juan saw not this; each wreath of... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 Seiten
...Piccadilly; and, next morning, I procured comfortable lodgings at the west end of the town. N».V. LONDON. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping. Dirty...through their sea-coal canopy; A huge dun cupola, like a foolscap-crown On a fool's head—and there is London town ! BTKOX. " SEATED in a snug room, well curtained... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 Seiten
...Piccadilly; and, next morning, I procured comfortable lodgings at the west end of the town. N°. V. LONDON. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...their sea-coal canopy ; A huge dun cupola, like a foolscap-crown On a fool's head— and there is London town ! ' BYRON. . (. • "SEATED in a snug room,... | |
 | Joseph Jean M.C. Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 450 Seiten
...discerned in the departing twilight. How admirably has Byron described the first aspect of London. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool.s head — and there is London... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 454 Seiten
...discerned in the departing twilight. How admirably has Byron described the first aspect of London. , A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea coal canopy ; : A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown ^ On a fool's head — and there is London... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 Seiten
...Revered the soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butcher'd half the earth, and bullied t'other. A mighty mass of brick , and smoke , and shipping,...sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is LondonTown! But Juan saw not this : each wreath of smoke Appear'd... | |
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A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal... 
