 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...  Don Juan, with notes. Complete ed - Seite 281von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 456 Seiten
...a range of ungraceful quays, ' [" A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping. Dirty and duaky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there...crown On a fool's head— and there is London Town !" Don Juan, canto X, st. 8?.J THE SEINE CHURCH OF ST GENEVIEVE. 229 a greater deformity than those... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 442 Seiten
...strait-waistcoated by a range of ungraceful quays, 1 [" A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cnpola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head— and there is London Town ."" Do» Juan, canto x.,... | |
 | 1848 - 780 Seiten
...huge metropolis, as it has since been described, "A mifhty mass of brick and smoke and shipping, Dirt? and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In ii|hl, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a Hildcrness of steeples peeping On tiplw through the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 358 Seiten
...bullied t' other. (' . LXXXII. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, b«t as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there 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 smoke Appear'd to... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1835 - 970 Seiten
...MY LIFE. CHAPTER VI. DRURY-LANE. — THE RAINBOW. A mighty mass of brick, and stone, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...through their sea-coal canopy : A huge, dun cupola like foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London town ! Don Juan. Fire and faggots, sir, if... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1835 - 226 Seiten
...deceptive. CHAPTER XXI. DRURY-LANE. — THE RAINBOW. A mighty mass of brick, and stone, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...through their sea-coal canopy : A huge, dun cupola like foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London town ! Dan Juan. Fire and faggots, sir, if... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 360 Seiten
...butcher'd half the earth, and bullied t' other. (') A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! LXXXUI. But Juan saw not this : each wreath of smoke Appear'd to him but as the magic vapour Of some... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1836 - 752 Seiten
...last farewell of home and of my father. 90 CHAPTER V. 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 juat skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On... | |
 | David Wilkie - 1837 - 320 Seiten
...mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, witli here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then...through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge dun cupola." BYRON. THE luxuriance of the wooded banks, as we entered the bay, quite enchanted us. We left home... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 Seiten
...close behind the city as the Carllon-hill in res* ["A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a Bail just skipping ID sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of inants ; a wilderness of steeples peeping... | |
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