Don Juan: Cantos IX.-X.-and XI.John Hunt, 1823 - 151 sider |
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... LONDON , 1823 : PRINTED FOR JOHN HUNT , 38 , TAVISTOCK STREET , COVENT GARDEN , AND 22 , OLD BOND STREET DON JUAN . CANTO IX . DON JUAN . CANTO DON JUAN . LONDON, 1823: ...
... LONDON , 1823 : PRINTED FOR JOHN HUNT , 38 , TAVISTOCK STREET , COVENT GARDEN , AND 22 , OLD BOND STREET DON JUAN . CANTO IX . DON JUAN . CANTO DON JUAN . LONDON, 1823: ...
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... 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 broke The wealth of worlds ( a wealth of tax and paper :) The gloomy clouds , which o ...
... 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 broke The wealth of worlds ( a wealth of tax and paper :) The gloomy clouds , which o ...
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... metropolis , Or sat amidst the bricks of Nineveh , May not think much of London's first appearance— But ask him what he thinks of it a year hence ? VIII . Don Juan had got out on Shooter's Hill 106 CANTO XI . DON JUAN .
... metropolis , Or sat amidst the bricks of Nineveh , May not think much of London's first appearance— But ask him what he thinks of it a year hence ? VIII . Don Juan had got out on Shooter's Hill 106 CANTO XI . DON JUAN .
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... London streets ferment in full activity ; While every thing around was calm and still , Except the creak of wheels , which on their pivot he Heard , and that bee - like , bubbling , busy hum Of cities , that boils over with their scum ...
... London streets ferment in full activity ; While every thing around was calm and still , Except the creak of wheels , which on their pivot he Heard , and that bee - like , bubbling , busy hum Of cities , that boils over with their scum ...
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... on sheets , A sort of Ignis - fatuus to the mind , Which , though ' tis certain to perplex and frighten , Must burn more mildly ere it can enlighten . XXVIII . But London's so well lit , that if 116 CANTO XI . DON JUAN .
... on sheets , A sort of Ignis - fatuus to the mind , Which , though ' tis certain to perplex and frighten , Must burn more mildly ere it can enlighten . XXVIII . But London's so well lit , that if 116 CANTO XI . DON JUAN .
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