 Here the heavily-laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend to them by ladders; whilst in another basin they are high up out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the passenger; while above his...  London labour and the London poor - Page 295by Henry Mayhew - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 390 pages
...the 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...passenger, while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretch far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship. This immense... | |
 | 1851 - 492 pages
...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...passenger ; while above his head, a long line of bowsprits stretch far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks, as a gangway to each ship." The -warehouses... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 pages
...the bnsin ; and empty casks roll along the stones with a hollow drumlike aound. Here the heavy laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend...another basin they are high up out of the water, so that thcir green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the passenger, while above his head a... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 398 pages
...level of the quay, and you descend to them by ladders, whilst, in another basin, they are high up and I out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing...with the eye of the passenger; while above his head a longline of bowsprits stretches far over the quay, and, from them, hang spars and planks as a gangway... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - Great Exhibition - 1851 - 324 pages
...the 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...ladders, whilst, in another basin, they are high up and out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the passenger... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 382 pages
...roll along the stones with a hollow drumlike sound. Here the heavy-laden ships are down far l)elow the quay, and you descend to them by ladders, whilst in another basin they are liigh up out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - London (England) - 1853 - 386 pages
...the 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...passenger, while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretch far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship. This immense... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - London (England) - 1856 - 382 pages
...and empty casks roll along the stones with a hollow drumlike sound. Here the heavy-laden ships arc down far below the quay, and you descend to them by...passenger, while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretch far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship. This immense... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 pages
...basin; and empty casks will roll along the stones with a hollow, drum-like sound. Here the heavy-laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend...passenger ; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretch far over the quay, and from them heavy spars and planks, as a gangway to each ship." This magnificent... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 pages
...the 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...ladders; whilst in another basin they are high up and out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the passenger;... | |
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