London in Poetry and ProseAnna Adams Enitharmon, 2003 - 205 頁 This anthology is a celebration of the city of London: Noisy, stimulating, deadening, filthy, mysterious, tolerant, racist, crime-ridden, saint-haunted, ancient, up-to-the-minute, oppressive, liberating, crowded, lonely, addictive, and green-and-gardened, London is a microcosm of the World. These words, from Anna Adams Foreword, give a taste of the breadth of subject-matter and tone to be enjoyed in this magnificent illustrated anthology. Writing from the Middle Ages to the present is divided into themes including The Weather in the Streets, The Poor and the Rich, The Countryman in Town, The Recent Wars and unavoidably London Transport ." |
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第 1 到 3 筆結果,共 27 筆
第 14 頁
... Once that author had his foot in the door I could not keep out his eloquent anger on the subject of London's poor and neglected children . Then Thomas de Quincey , I recollected , had once been down - and - out in London . He had ...
... Once that author had his foot in the door I could not keep out his eloquent anger on the subject of London's poor and neglected children . Then Thomas de Quincey , I recollected , had once been down - and - out in London . He had ...
第 125 頁
... once lost my way I shoud sure lose my life as the street Ladys would inveigle me into a fine house were I shoud never be seen agen & he describd the pathways on the street as full of trapdoors which dropd down as soon as pressd on with ...
... once lost my way I shoud sure lose my life as the street Ladys would inveigle me into a fine house were I shoud never be seen agen & he describd the pathways on the street as full of trapdoors which dropd down as soon as pressd on with ...
第 147 頁
... once , it's time to start cleaning again . And this Place , by the tortuousness of the Human Genius , Costs dearly , and is accounted a desirable Neighbourhood . There liv'd the Cat Musa , enwrapt in her Female Garment , And there she ...
... once , it's time to start cleaning again . And this Place , by the tortuousness of the Human Genius , Costs dearly , and is accounted a desirable Neighbourhood . There liv'd the Cat Musa , enwrapt in her Female Garment , And there she ...
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