The sailors are singing boisterous nigger songs from the Yankee ship just entering ; the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some... London labour and the London poor - Seite 295von Henry Mayhew - 1861Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1851 - 324 Seiten
...hammering at the casks on the quay — the chains of the cranes loosed from their weight rattle as they fly up again — the ropes splash in the water — some...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 to them... | |
| Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 Seiten
...hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of thcir weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water; some captain...through his hands ; a goat bleats from some ship in the bnsin ; and empty casks roll along the stones with a hollow drumlike aound. Here the heavy laden ships... | |
| Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 382 Seiten
...of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shonts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats from...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 to them... | |
| Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 390 Seiten
...boisterous nigger stings from the Yankee ship just entering, the cooper Is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; Borae captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat... | |
| 1851 - 492 Seiten
...boisterous nigger songs, from the Yankee ship, just entering; the cooper is hammering at the cask on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as \ they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats... | |
| John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 Seiten
...boisterous nigger songs from the Yankee ship just entering, the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water; some captain shouts his orders through his hands; a goat bleats... | |
| Peter Cunningham - 1856 - 382 Seiten
...boisterous nigger songs from the Yankee ship just entering, the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 Seiten
...the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed from their weights, rattle as they fly up again ; th« ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts- his...orders through his hands ; a goat bleats from some shi . in the basin; and empty casks will roll along the stones with a hollow, drum-like sound. Here... | |
| Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 Seiten
...hammering at the casks on the quay — the chains of the cranes loosed from their weight rattle as they fly up again— the ropes splash in the water — some...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 to them... | |
| Henry Mayhew, John Binny - 1862 - 740 Seiten
...nigger-songs from the Yankee ship just entering the dock ; the cooper is hammering at the casks on the quay ; the chains of the cranes, loosed of their weight, rattle as they fly up again ; the ropes splash in the water ; some captain shouts his orders through his hands ; a goat bleats... | |
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