Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... adorned . One writer , who knows India well , speaks of it as a " large , rambling edifice , adorned inside with some bad pictures , having a marble hall which looks as if intended for a dancing academy , and famous chiefly for the ...
... adorned . One writer , who knows India well , speaks of it as a " large , rambling edifice , adorned inside with some bad pictures , having a marble hall which looks as if intended for a dancing academy , and famous chiefly for the ...
Page 203
... adorned with curious Gothic bas - reliefs . The Frauen- kirche is the cathedral , a Gothic edifice in red brick ... adorned with frescoes and pictures , representing the principal scenes in the life of St. Boniface and other saints and ...
... adorned with curious Gothic bas - reliefs . The Frauen- kirche is the cathedral , a Gothic edifice in red brick ... adorned with frescoes and pictures , representing the principal scenes in the life of St. Boniface and other saints and ...
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... adorned by twenty - four statues - the " neun starken Helden " ( nine stout heroes ) , Charlemagne , Godfrey de Bouillon , Clovis , Judas Maccabæus , Joshua , David , Cæsar , Alexander , Hector . are grouped the Seven Electors . Above ...
... adorned by twenty - four statues - the " neun starken Helden " ( nine stout heroes ) , Charlemagne , Godfrey de Bouillon , Clovis , Judas Maccabæus , Joshua , David , Cæsar , Alexander , Hector . are grouped the Seven Electors . Above ...
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CaliforniaSir Francis DrakeThe Spanish GalleonsThe Franciscan MissionsIndians Converted and Dying | 1 |
Plan of San Francisco | 9 |
The City Hall | 16 |
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