 London, devourer of rural limits, of a sudden made hideous encroachment upon the old estate, now held by a speculative builder ; of many streets to be constructed, three or four had already come into being, and others were mapped out, in mud and inchoate...  In the Year of Jubilee - Página 218por George Gissing - 1976 - 457 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
 | George Gissing - 1926 - 364 páginas
...well illustrated by the following description, not unworthy of Thomas Hardy, of a new neighbourhood. 'Great elms, the pride of generations passed away,...wind, amid hoardings variegated with placards and scaffoldings black against the sky. The very earth had lost its wholesome odour ; trampled into mire,... | |
 | Asa Briggs - 1993 - 452 páginas
...or four had already come into being, and others were mapped out, in mud and inchoate masonry. . . . Great elms, the pride of generations passed away,...speculative axe, or were left standing in mournful isolation 351 to please a speculative architect; bits of wayside hedges still shivered in fog and wind, amid... | |
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