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" The sailors are singing boisterous nigger songs from the Yankee ship just entering ; the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some... "
London labour and the London poor - Page 295
by Henry Mayhew - 1861
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Adams's pocket London guide book

Edward Litt L. Blanchard - Great Exhibition - 1851 - 324 pages
...hammering at the casks on the quay — the chains of the cranes loosed from their weight rattle as they fly up again — the ropes splash in the water — some...basin, and empty casks roll along the stones with a dull drum-like sound. Here the heavy-laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend to them...
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Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies].

Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 pages
...hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of thcir weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water; some captain...through his hands ; a goat bleats from some ship in the bnsin ; and empty casks roll along the stones with a hollow drumlike aound. Here the heavy laden ships...
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Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies].

Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 382 pages
...of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shonts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats from...basin ; and empty casks roll along the stones with a hollow drumlike sound. Here the heavy-laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend to them...
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Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies].

Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 390 pages
...boisterous nigger stings from the Yankee ship just entering, the cooper Is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; Borae captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat...
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London as it is to-day

1851 - 492 pages
...boisterous nigger songs, from the Yankee ship, just entering; the cooper is hammering at the cask on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as \ they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats...
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London in 1853

John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - London (England) - 1853 - 386 pages
...boisterous nigger songs from the Yankee ship just entering, the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water; some captain shouts his orders through his hands; a goat bleats...
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London in 1856

Peter Cunningham - London (England) - 1856 - 382 pages
...boisterous nigger songs from the Yankee ship just entering, the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats...
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Our home islands [by T. Milner, Volume 3

Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 pages
...the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed from their weights, rattle as they fly up again ; th« ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts- his...orders through his hands ; a goat bleats from some shi . in the basin; and empty casks will roll along the stones with a hollow, drum-like sound. Here...
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Bradshaw's guide through London and its environs. Corrected and revised

Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 pages
...hammering at the casks on the quay — the chains of the cranes loosed from their weight rattle as they fly up again— the ropes splash in the water — some...basin, and empty casks roll along the stones with a dull drum-like sound. Here the heavy, laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend to them...
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The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life, Issue 7

Henry Mayhew, John Binny - Correctional institutions - 1862 - 740 pages
...nigger-songs from the Yankee ship just entering the dock ; the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats...
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