 | Thomas Hughes - 1882 - 332 էջ
...see that you have not forgotten me, though you are in the midst of — ' ' The mighty mass of trick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide...On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dim cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and that is London town." ***** " Perhaps you... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1882 - 534 էջ
...interest of the scene, I could not help recalling Byron's ludicrous but most expressive description. " A mighty mass of brick and smoke and shipping, Dirty and dusky, bnt as wide as aye Can reach ; with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst... | |
 | 1883 - 628 էջ
...summit are very grand, especially the view of the mighty London, which Don Juan paused tf gnzo upon— " A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amid the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy... | |
 | Blanche Roosevelt - 1884 - 536 էջ
...its being a little smoky, he added, smilingly, "Ah! quite true. Let me see. What does Byron say? " 'A mighty mass of brick and smoke and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye — ' " "Finish it," said Mr. Randolph, coming up at that moment. " ' A huge dim cupola, like a foolscap... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 էջ
...outward objects. Let us take his picture of London, and contrast it with Wordsworth's : — BYRON. 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 WORDSWORTH. (Composed upon Westminster... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 458 էջ
...sea, toward which we are swiftly gliding ; and, dimly seen in the uncertain twilight, behind us rises A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...their sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a fool's-cap crown On a fool's head — and there is London town ! * * Don Juan, Canto X. Ixxxii. ANGLO-SAXON... | |
 | Victoria Steamboat Association - 1893 - 152 էջ
...I'm floored by that 'ere — Frenchman.' " A fine view of London is obtained from Shooter's Hill. " 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 Walter Thornbury - 1893 - 656 էջ
...readers by his description of the prospect from the summit of the hill looking towards London — " Л mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of iteeples peeping On tip-toe through their sea-coal canopy ; A huge dim cupola, like a foolscap crown... | |
 | Thames - 1894 - 154 էջ
...l'm floored by that 'ere — Frenchman.' " A fine view of London is obtained from Shooter's Hill. " A mighty mass of brick and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping ln sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through... | |
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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... 
