 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 էջ
...Swarm o'er the lawns, the/ure*/ walk, surround, Rouse the fleet hart and cheer the opening bound. Pope. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke and shipping. Dirty...there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst theforettry Of masts. Byron. But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 էջ
...and cheer the opening hound. Pope. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke and shipping, Dirty and dnsky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there...sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the foratry Of mastl. Byron. But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 էջ
...smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dnsky, bnt as wide as eye Conld reach, with here and there a sail jnst skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of...masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe, throngh their Sea-coal eanopy; A hnge, dnn Cnpola, like a foolseap Crown On a fool's head — and there... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 442 էջ
...being diminutive both in depth and breadth, and strait-waistcoated by a range of ungraceful quays, 1 [" A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...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 էջ
...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... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1835 - 226 էջ
...wonderfully deceptive. CHAPTER XXI. DRURY-LANE. — THE RAINBOW. A mighty mass of brick, and stone, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye...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, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 358 էջ
...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 էջ
...wonderfully deceptive. 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...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... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1836 - 752 էջ
...embellish the woodlands, I felt that I had taken a last farewell of home and of my father. 90 CHAPTER V. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 էջ
...seen from the heights of Montmartre, which rise as close behind the city as the Carllon-hill in res* ["A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping,...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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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... 
