 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 - Page 281by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1857Full view - About this book
 | England - 1823 - 782 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | England - 1823 - 772 pages
...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1823 - 858 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - India - 1825 - 354 pages
...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 - England - 1825 - 454 pages
...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 pages
...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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