 London ; the continual opening of transient glimpses into other vistas equally far stretching, going off at right angles to the one which you are traversing ; and the murky atmosphere which, settling upon the remoter end of every long avenue, wraps its...  De Quincey's Writings - Side 39af Thomas De Quincey - 1851Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1853 - 796 sider
...opening of transient glimpses into other vistas equally far-streaching, going oft' at right-angles to the one which you are traversing ; and the murky...; all these are circumstances aiding that sense of vastnessand illimitable proportions which for ever brood over the aspect of London in its interior.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1861 - 388 sider
...continual opening of transient glimpses into other vistas equally far stretching, going off at right angles to the one which you are traversing ; and the...sense of vastness and illimitable proportions which forever brood over the aspect of London in its interior. Much of the feeling which belongs to the outside... | |
 | 1879 - 336 sider
...continual opening of transient glimpses into other vistas equally far stretching, going off at right angles to the one which you" are traversing; and the...sense of vastness and illimitable proportions which forever brood over the aspect of London in its interior All that I remember is one monotonous awe and... | |
 | William Mathews - 1887 - 406 sider
...continual opening of transient glimpses into other vistas equally far stretching, going off at right angles to the one which you are traversing ; and the...sense of vastness and illimitable proportions which forever broods over the aspect of London in its interior." It is a consequence of the vast size of... | |
 | Rick Allen - 1998 - 268 sider
...continual opening of transient glimpses into other vistas equally far-stretching, going off at right angles to the one which you are traversing; and the...ever brood over the aspect of London in its interior. (De Quincey 1896: 1, 178-82) 34 FRANCIS PLACE, 'THE STREET CHARING CROSS', AUTOBIOGRAPHY (1835) Place... | |
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