 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...  A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex - Page 29by John Murray (Firm), Richard J. King - 1863 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 326 pages
...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...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! THINGS SWEET. (Don Juan, Canto i. Stanzas 123-127). 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 342 pages
...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...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! THINGS SWEET. (Don Juan, Canto i. Stanzas 123-127). 'T1s sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark... | |
 | 1881 - 426 pages
...of London in 1878 as four millions and a quarter. " A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, A wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through...crown On a fool's head— and there is London town." SELLING A CROWD. SOON after two o'clock yesterday, the sash in a fourth-story window of a business... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the foresty Of masts ; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe...sea-coal canopy ; A huge dun cupola, like a foolscap erown On a fool's head— and there is London town ! The sev'nth day this ; the jubilee of man. London... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1882 - 342 pages
...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 canopy ; A huge, dim cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and that is London town. " ***** " Perhaps you... | |
 | 1883 - 628 pages
...summit are very grand, especially the view of the mighty London, which Don Juan paused tf gnzo upon— " A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...crown On a fool's head — and there is London town ! Don Juan had got out on Shooter's Hill ; Sunset the time, the place the same declivity Which looks... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1883 - 576 pages
...Monument may be wearily ascended for the sake of the view, which, when visible, is very fine — ' A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty...crown On a fool's head, — and there is London town.' Byron. The Monument is caged at the top in consequence of the mania for committing suicide from it... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...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...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town. 2770 Byron : Don Juan. Canto x. St. 82. The sev'nth day this ; the jubilee of man. London ! right well... | |
 | Blanche Roosevelt - 1884 - 536 pages
...but as wide as eye — ' " "Finish it," said Mr. Randolph, coming up at that moment. " ' A huge dim cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head — and there is London town.' However, no matter ; such as it is, here we are, and I hope, Miss Annabel, to come soon to see you.... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...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...crown On a fool's head — and there is London Town ! EntrtUlll. — Johnson. T ONDON ! the needy Villain's gen'ral home, Jj The common sewer of Paris... | |
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