 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 456 pages
...a range of ungraceful quays, ' [" A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping. Dirty and duaky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there...sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head— and there is London Town !" Don Juan, canto X, st. 8?.J THE SEINE CHURCH... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1835 - 970 pages
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 358 pages
...soil, of those true sons the mother, Who butcher'd half the earth, and 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 sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 360 pages
...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...sea-coal canopy ; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! LXXXUI. But Juan saw not this : each wreath of... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1836 - 752 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | David Wilkie - 1837 - 320 pages
...hundred yards of the wharf, and in full view of the far-famed capital of the Union. CHAPTER III. " A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, witli here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts ; a wilderness... | |
 | 1837 - 648 pages
...sea, toward which we are swiftly gliding; and dimly seen in the uncertain twilight, behind you rises ' A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Can reach ; with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amid the forestry Of masts... | |
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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... 
