 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...they can ftand by one another, which is the oddeft and moft furprifing fight imaginable. This ftreet is fuller of them than the Thames from London Bridge to Deptford, and at certain times only the water rifes to carry them out ; fo that, at other times, a long ftreet, full of fhips in the middle, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 466 pages
...they can fland by one another, which is the oddeft and moft furprifing fight imaginable. This ftreet is fuller of them than the Thames from London Bridge to Deptford, and at certain times only the water rifes to carry them out ; fo that, at other times, a Jong ftreet, full of fhips in the middle, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 350 pages
...both sides, and, in the middle of the street, as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is...Thames from London Bridge to Deptford, and at certain dine at two, go to bed at ten, or sooner. I find the water very cold on my stomach, and have no comfort... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 634 pages
...both sides, and, in the middle of the street, as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is the oddest and most surprizing sight imaginable. This street is fuller of them than the Thames from London bridge to Deptford,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 630 pages
...both sides, and, in the middle of the street, as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is the oddest and most surprizing sight imaginable. This street is fuller of them than the Thames from London bridge to Deptford,... | |
 | James Fawckner Nicholls, John Taylor - Bristol (England) - 1882 - 378 pages
...on both sides, and in the middle of the street as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is...street full of ships in the middle, and houses on each side, looks like a dream. Passing still along by the river, you come to a rocky way on one side,... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - Authors, English - 1886 - 634 pages
...both sides, and, in the middle of the street, as far :v you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is...sight imaginable. This street is fuller of them than tie Thames, from London Bridge to Deptford; and, at certain times only, the water rises to carry them... | |
 | William Hunt - Bristol (Avon) History - 1887 - 278 pages
...both sides, and in the middle of the street, as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is the oddest and most surprising sight imaginable. . . . The city is very unpleasant, and no civilised company in it.' The poet, it should be noted, refused... | |
 | John Latimer - Bristol (England) - 1893 - 568 pages
...on both sides, and in the middle of the street as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is...them than the Thames from London bridge to Deptford." When the tide was out, the ships grounded, and then " a long street full of ships in the middle, with... | |
 | Alfred Harvey - Bristol (England) - 1906 - 380 pages
...struck with the appearance of the quay: 'in the middle of the street hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is...the oddest and most surprising sight imaginable.' The forest of masts is less dense now than at the time of Pope's visit, but the sight of shipping in... | |
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From thence you come to a quay along the old wall, with houses on both sides, and in the middle of the street as far as you can see, hundreds of ships, their masts as thick as they can stand by one another, which is the oddest and most surprising sight... 
