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" 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... "
Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies]. - Page 71
by Peter Cunningham - 1851
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London as it is to-day

1851 - 492 pages
...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...hang spars and planks, as a gangway to each ship." The -warehouses and vaults are truly extraordinary, and the volume of value of their contents, cannot...
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Adams's pocket London guide book

Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1851 - 324 pages
...below the quay, and you descend to them by ladders, whilst, in another basin, they are high up and out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing...passenger ; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretches far over the quay, and, from them, hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship." This...
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Pleasant pages (by S.P. Newcombe). [With suppl., entitled ..., Volume 1

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...
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Our home islands [by T. Milner, Volume 3

Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 pages
...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...bowsprits stretch far over the quay, and from them heavy spars and planks, as a gangway to each ship." This magnificent establishment covers upwards of...
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Bradshaw's guide through London and its environs. Corrected and revised

Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 pages
...far below the quay, and you descend to them by ladders; whilst in another basin they are high up and out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing...passenger; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretches far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship." This immense...
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Bradshaw's guide through London and its environs. Corrected and revised by H ...

Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1861 - 338 pages
...almost level with the eye of the passenger; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretches far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks...worked by from one to three thousand hands, according to the "brisk" or "slack" nature of the business. One of the most extraordinary and least-known scenes...
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London labour and the London poor, Volume 3

Henry Mayhew - 1861 - 520 pages
...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...passenger; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretches far over the quay ; and from them hang spars and planks aз a gangway to each ship. This...
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The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life, Issue 7

Henry Mayhew, John Binny - 1862 - 740 pages
...of the dock, so that their green copperBhceting is almost level with the eye of the passenger, and above his head a long line of bowsprits stretch far over the quay, with, spars and planks hanging from them as a temporary gangway to each vessel. " It is impossible,"...
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Rollo in London

Jacob Abbott - 1864 - 236 pages
...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...according as the business is either brisk or slack.' " Here Mr. George shut t^ie book and put it in his pocket. " It is a very excellent account of it altogether,"...
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London Labour and the London Poor: The Condition and Earnings of ..., Volume 3

Henry Mayhew - 1864 - 474 pages
...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...passenger; while above his head a long line of bowsprits stretches far over the quay ; and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship. This immense...
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