 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 556 стор.
...multitude of carriages : frequent arches of ftrong timber crofled the ftreet, from the tops of the houfes, to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but ufe could preferve the reft of the inmates, who foon grew deaf to the noife of the falling waters,... | |
 | David Hughson - 1805 - 598 стор.
...multitude of carriage* : frequent arches of strong timber crossed the street, from the tops of the houses, to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but use could preserve the rett of the inmates, who coon grew deaf to the noise of the falling waters , the clamours of water*... | |
 | David Hughson - 1805 - 590 стор.
...multitude of carriages : frequent arches of strong timber crossed the street, from the tops of the houses, to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but use could preserve the rest of the inmates, who soon grew deaf to the noise of the falling waters, the clamours of watermen,... | |
 | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen - 1811 - 384 стор.
...carriages; frequent arches of timber crossed the street, from the tops of the houses, to * Maitland. • keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but use could preserve the rest of the inmates, who soon grew deaf to the noise of the falling waters, the clamours of watermen,... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1818 - 714 стор.
...multitude of . carriages i frequent arches of ftrong timber crofled the ftreet from the tops of the houfes, to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but ufe could prcferve the reft of the inmates, who foon grew deaf to the noife of the falling waters,... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 стор.
...but the rude piers. Frequent arches of strong timber crossed the street from the tops of the houses, to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but familiarity with danger could preserve the quiet of the inmates, who soon grew deaf to the noise of... | |
 | Richard Thomson - 1827 - 728 стор.
...multitude of carriages: frequent arches of strong timber crossing the street, from the tops of the houses to keep them together, and from falling into the river....soon grew deaf to the noise of falling waters, the clamors of watermen, or the frequent shrieks of drowning wretches. Most of the houses were tenanted... | |
 | Henry Thomas (antiquarian.) - 1830 - 490 стор.
...multitude of carriages ; frequent arches of strong timber crossing the street from the tops of the houses, to keep them together, and from falling into the river. Nothing but use could preserve the repose of the inhabitants, who soon grew deaf to the noise of falling waters, &c. Most of the houses were tenanted... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 стор.
...multitude of carriages: frequent arches of strong timber crossed the street from the tops of the houses, to keep them together, and from falling into the river....noise of falling waters, the clamours of watermen, or the frequent shrieks of drowning wretches." The houses, he states, overhung the bridge on both sides... | |
 | 1845 - 558 стор.
...places they hid the arches, and nothing appeared but the rude piers. " Nothing but use," says he, " could preserve the repose of the inmates, who soon...falling waters, the clamours of watermen, and the frequent shrieks of drowning wretches." Here is certainly a catalogue of grievances. As to the probability... | |
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I well remember the street on London Bridge, narrow, darksome, and dangerous to passengers, from the multitude of carriages: frequent arches of strong timber crossing the street, from the tops of the houses to keep them together, and from falling into... 
