 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...  The Story of My Wardship - Էջ 173Mary Catherine Jackson - 1856Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 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... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 էջ
...present circumstances JL is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them. . — Byron. A MIGHTY Mass of Brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of Steeples peeping On tip-toe through their sea-coal canopy,... | |
 | 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...a sail just skipping In sight — then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; — a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea- coal canopy... | |
 | 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...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 canopy ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1892 - 324 էջ
...home, As one who, though he were not of the race, Revered the soil, of those true sons the mother, A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...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 canopy ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1893 - 374 էջ
...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, Dirty...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 canopy ;... | |
 | Victoria Steamboat Association - 1893 - 164 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...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 canopy ;... | |
 | 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...there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness of iteeples peeping On tip-toe through their sea-coal canopy ;... | |
 | Thames - 1894 - 156 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... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1895 - 400 էջ
...or mourn, According as you take things well or ill ; Bold Britons, we are now on Shooter's Hill! " A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping Dirty...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 canopy ;... | |
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