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 - Pagina 283di George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| 1823 - 782 pagine
...many hundred times has the thing been tried before? "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!" My excellent friend, John Bull, quotes the following incident on Shooter's Hill as bad: — I, Morgan... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 164 pagine
...soil, of those true sons the mother, LXXX. LXXXII. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...is London Town ! • LXXXIII. But Juan saw not this : each wreath of smoke Appeared to him but as the magic vapour <: Of some alchymic furnace, from whence... | |
| 1823 - 772 pagine
...many hundred times has the thing been tried before ? "A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but 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 pagine
...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 pagine
...butchered half the earth, and bullied t'other.* LXXXI1. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...there is London Town'! LXXXIII. But Juan saw not this; each wreath of smoke Appeared to him but as the magic vapour Of some alcbymic furnace, from whence... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pagine
...butcher'd half the earth, and bullied t'other. 9 LXXXH. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap cftwn On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! LXXXIH. But Juan saw not this: each wreath of... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 pagine
...lodgings at the west end of the town. N°. V. LONDON. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye ;. . • Could...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,... | |
| Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 pagine
...lodgings at the west end of the town. N».V. LONDON. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping. Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...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... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 454 pagine
...has Byron described the first aspect of London. , A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...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... | |
| Joseph Jean M.C. Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 450 pagine
...admirably has Byron described the first aspect of London. A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with...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... | |
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